Legal Opinion

Cave v. State

Court of Appeals of Arkansas

Decided April 5, 2017No. CR-16-860PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMike Murphy, Judge

LA Grant County jury convicted appellant Edward Cave of delivery of methamphetamine, delivery of oxycodone, and maintaining a drug premises. On appeal, Cave contends that there was insufficient evidence to support his convictions. We affirm.

Cave’s charges came about as a result of a “controlled buy” operation conducted through a confidential informant, Suzen Cooper. In February 2015, Cooper began working as a paid confidential informant for Group Six, a multicounty drug task force. Generally, she contacted Eddie Keathley, the supervisor of Group Six, and told him that she had some people from…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Reynolds v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2016
  2. Curtis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2015
  3. Brunson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1994
  4. Talley v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1993
  5. Childers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2016

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Edward Cave v. State of ArkansasSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2020
  2. Joe Cantrell v. State of ArkansasCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2024
  3. Alan Strong v. State of ArkansasCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2025
  4. Hakim v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2018

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