Legal Opinion
Walker v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided March 16, 1965No. 5116PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Oscar F'endler, Special Associate Justice.
Appellant, James Dean Walker, was charged in the Pulaski Circuit Court with the crime of First Degree Murder. It is alleged that on April 16, 1963, he murdered Jerral Vaughan by shooting him with a pistol. Appellant entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. He was committed to the Arkansas State Hospital for Nervous Diseases for observation.' On May 5, 1964, appellant was tried and convicted of First Degree Murder as charged in the information. The trial court, on May 18,1964, sentenced him to death by electrocution. He has…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Knight v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1962
- King v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
- Mode v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1961
- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1942
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1953
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Caton v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1972
- Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
- James Dean Walker v. A.L. Lockhart, Superintendent of the Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- James Dean Walker v. O. E. Bishop, Superintendent of Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
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