Legal Opinion

Morris v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided June 25, 1990No. CR 89-144PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Otis H. Turner, Justice.

Alvin Edward Morris seeks reversal of a conviction of capital murder and a sentence of life imprisonment without parole. We find no error in the charging or in the trial and thus affirm.

The appellant’s companion, Kevin Burkhart, was convicted in a separate trial, and that conviction was recently affirmed in Burkhart v. State, 301 Ark. 543, 785 S.W.2d 460 (1990). A recitation of the facts may be found in Burkhart, we therefore limit a restatement only to the facts necessary to an understanding and a determination of the issues raised by the appellant for reversal.

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2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. United States v. Emslie Leander Moore, United States of America v. Floyd Moore, United States of America v. Pieter Cornelis PannekoekCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
  3. Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1982
  4. Gardner v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
  5. United States v. Edwin Charles Fortes, Jr., United States of America v. Sandra Elaine JemisonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Porter v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1992
  2. Gatlin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
  3. Johninson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1994
  4. Collins v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1999
  5. Felty v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1991

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