Legal Opinion
Rector v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided October 17, 1983No. CR 83-39PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
George Rose Smith, Justice.
Ricky Ray Rector was charged with capital murder in the shooting of Bob Martin, a Conway city policeman acting in the line of duty. Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-1501 (1) (b) (Repl. 1977). In a bifurcated trial the jury returned a verdict of guilty and imposed the death penalty. Nine separate points for reversal are argued. Counsel state with commendable candor that several other possible points are not being urged, for want of merit. We affirm the judgment.
The first stage of the trial was brief, the facts being essentially undisputed. On March 22, 1981, Rector, age 28, shot…
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