Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided June 7, 1971No. 5556PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

Richard Neal Williams was convicted of first degree murder in the Hempstead County Circuit Court and sentenced to life in the Arkansas Penitentiary. On appeal to this court he relies on the following points for reversal:

“I. The circuit court abused its discretion in admitting State’s Exhibit 33 insofar as it consisted of a collection of contraceptive rubbers.

II. The circuit court erred in receiving in evidence State’s Exhibit 36, the bloody panties of Carolyn Cassidy.

III. There was no legitimate ground for letting in State’s Exhibit 39, a letter of ‘Jeannie Day.’

IV.…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Dunn v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1840
  2. Walker v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1966
  3. Stewart v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1961
  4. Outler v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1922
  5. Oliver v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1956

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. MosleyArizona Supreme Court · 1978
  2. Fairchild v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1984
  3. O'NEAL v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1972
  4. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1974
  5. Pollard v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1975

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