Legal Opinion
Reeves v. Mabry
District Court, W.D. Arkansas
Decided October 24, 1979No. Civ. 78-2159PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PAUL X WILLIAMS, Chief Judge.
On November 16, 1978, the petitioner, Rodney Dale Reeves, filed his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition in which he alleged that he ■was in State custody in violation of the Constitution and laws of the United States in that he was given an unconstitutional sentence by the Circuit Court of Sebastian County, Arkansas, in Case No. CR-76-338, pursuant to a conviction by a jury which also fixed his sentence. The charges were theft by receiving a stolen automobile and being an habitual criminal.
The conviction in Sebastian County Circuit Court was appealed to…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Coleman v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Alexander v. SolemSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1986
- Rodney Dale Reeves v. Jim Mabry, Commissioner of Corrections, and the Attorney General of the State of ArkansasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Stewart v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1989
- Knight v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1982
- Thomas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2011