Legal Opinion
Earl v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided February 23, 1981No. CR 80-67PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Richard B. Adkisson, Chief Justice.
On January 18, 1979, appellant, Hezile Earl, Jr., George Burton, and Eugene Walker were jointly charged in Pulaski County Circuit Court with the capital felony murder and aggravated robbery of Ray Wood at the R & I Garage in North Little Rock, Arkansas.
After the court granted appellant’s motion for severance, he was the first to be tried on July 28, 1979. He was convicted and sentenced to life without parole for capital felony murder, and to 50 years for aggravated robbery.
Where life imprisonment or death was imposed in the court below, the Supreme Court…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Harris v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Giles v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1977
- Gruzen v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
- Cromwell v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
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3Cited by93 opinions
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