Legal Opinion
Lee v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided March 24, 1997No. CR 96-553PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W.H.“Dub” Arnold, Chief Justice.
Twenty-six year-old Debra Reese was found brutally murdered in her home at 212 Cherry Street in Jacksonville on February 9, 1993. She had been beaten some thirty-six times with a tire thumper, a tool resembling a baseball bat that her husband Billy, a truck driver, had given to her for protection while he was away. Bruises on Debra’s face and neck indicated that she had also been strangled. The appellant, Ledell Lee, was arrested and charged with Reese’s murder. Following a jury trial, he was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death by lethal…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Bowen v. City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Arizona v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Duren v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Evans v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2006
- Gaines v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
- MacKintrush v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998
- Rankin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997
- Barrett v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2003
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