Legal Opinion

Jackson v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided February 8, 2001No. CR 99-83PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

W.H. “Dub” Arnold, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Alvin B. Jackson, was serving a life sentence without parole for one count of capital murder and two counts of attempted murder, when he stabbed a prison guard to death. A jury convicted appellant of capital murder and sentenced him to death by lethal injection. This Court affirmed in Jackson v. State, 330 Ark. 126, 954 S.W.2d 894 (1997). Attorney Maxie Kizer represented Jackson at trial and on direct appeal.

The mandate of affirmance issued on November 6, 1997, but was not filed in the Jefferson County Circuit Clerk’s office until November 20, 1997.…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Wood v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Larimore v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997
  3. Porter v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1999
  4. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997
  5. Porter v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Echols v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
  2. Robbins v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2003
  3. Echols v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2003
  4. Engram v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2004
  5. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2003

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