Legal Opinion
Penton v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided September 27, 1937No. CR 4040PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGriffiN Smith, C. J.
The prosecuting attorney filed information in Miller circuit court, alleging that Foster Penton and Price Stephens “wilfully, feloniously and Avith malice aforethought, and after premeditation and with deliberation, did kill and murder Charley Block by striking and cutting the said Charley Block Avith an ase.”
Appellant, on March 8, entered a plea of not guilty. He was granted a severance from Stephens. The jury returned a verdict of murder in the first degree and the court assessed the death penalty. On March 12 Stephens entered a plea of guilty to the crime of murder, and his punishment was…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Hurtado v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Spies v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Gaines v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Griffin v. RhotonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1907
- Arkansas Tax Commission v. MooreSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
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3Cited by40 opinions
- People v. McCreaMichigan Supreme Court · 1942
- State v. DoyleSupreme Court of Kansas · 1968
- Ruiz v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1989
- Wright v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
- Harvey v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
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