Legal Opinion
Anderson v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided January 17, 1983No. CR 82-69PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Darrell Hickman, Justice.
This is a companion case to Perry v. State, 277 Ark. 357, 642 S. W.2d 865 (1982). Perry was found guilty of capital felony murder and sentenced to death for the murder of Kenneth Staton and Suzanne Ware. Staton owned a j ewelry store in Van Burén, Arkansas, and Ware was his daughter. They were killed when Perry and Anderson robbed the store on September 10, 1980.
Anderson was found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment and a $15,000 fine. The evidence of his guilt was overwhelming, and essentially his defense was evidence in mitigation…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. Charles Wallace Nolan, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1977
- Perry v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1982
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Alvarado v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
- Perry v. LockhartCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
- Britt v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998
- Arkansas Gazette Co. v. GoodwinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1990
- Thomas Simmons v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, and Steve Clark, Attorney General, State of ArkansasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
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