Legal Opinion
Gardner v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided June 20, 1988No. CR 86-163PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.
Appellant Mark E. Gardner was charged with two counts of capital murder in connection with the December 1985 strangulation deaths of Joe and Martha Joyce and the Joyces’ daughter, Sara McCurdy. Gardner was convicted and sentenced to death by lethal injection on both counts. Twenty-one points are raised on appeal. With few exceptions, we will treat each point separately. In addition to the points argued by Gardner, we have examined all other objections made during the trial in accordance with Rule 11 (f) of the Rules of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals.…
2Cases cited46 opinions
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- Lowenfield v. PhelpsSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Beckwith v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Britt v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by119 opinions
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