Legal Opinion
Jackson v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided October 14, 1968No. 5364PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Paul Ward, Justice.
On the night of September 8, 1967 Edward Lee Jackson, appellant, allegedly shot and killed Charles Newman Edwards, at Perciful’s Drive-In at 515 West Eighth Street in Little Rock. He was charged with murder in the first degree. Upon trial he was convicted of murder in the second degree and was sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary— hence this appeal.
Background Facts. On the night in question, at about eight p.m., while five or six white persons were drinking beer at the Drive-In, they heard a scream on the outside of the building. Upon investigation they saw a…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Tiner v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1913
- Thompson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1870
- United States v. CohenDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1967
- Briley v. WhiteSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1946
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Beed v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
- Chaviers v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
- Rogers v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1974
- Parrott v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1969
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