Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Court of Appeals of Arkansas

Decided June 20, 1984No. CA CR 84-24PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Tom Glaze, Judge.

Appellants were convicted in Saline County Circuit Court of terroristic threatening in the first degree, a violation of Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-1608 (Supp. 1983). They raised three points for reversal: (1) the trial court erred by refusing to allow the felony information to be read to the jury; (2) the charge of terroristic threatening is not supported by the proof; and (3) the trial court erred by refusing to give an instruction to the jury on voluntary intoxication as a defense for appellant Hershell Davis.

The essential fact of this case, the commission of the terroristic…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Dixon v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1977
  2. Varnedare v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1978
  3. Graham v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1941
  4. Warren v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
  5. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1982

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Lowry v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2005
  2. State v. LovatoNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1990
  3. Green v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2012
  4. Lowry v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2005
  5. Maples v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1985

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