Riggs v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT L. Brown, Justice.
Appellant Christina Marie Riggs appeals ce. judgment of conviction for the capital murder of her two children, Justin Thomas (age 5) and Shelby Riggs (age 2). She raises four points on appeal relating to the guilt phase of her trial: (1) that her statement to police was involuntary and her waiver of Miranda rights was also involuntary, unknowing, and unintelligendy made due to her attempted suicide by drug overdose and overreaching police conduct; (2) that the trial court erred in refusing to give instructions that the jury should consider her mental disease and…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Mincey v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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