Legal Opinion

Dukes v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided January 12, 1981No. CR 80-189PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

John I. Purtle, Justice.

Appellant was convicted in the Jefferson County Circuit Court on two counts of aggravated robbery and two counts of theft of property and of being an habitual offender. The jury trial was conducted on May 9, 1980. Appellant was sentenced to 15 years on each of the two theft of property convictions and was sentenced to 50 years and a $10,000 fine on one aggravated robbery conviction and life in prison and a $15,000 fine on the other aggravated robbery conviction, all sentences to be served consecutively.

The only point argued on appeal is that appellant’s motion to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. DavidsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1973
  2. Faulk v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1977

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Gillie v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1991
  2. White v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1992
  3. Gondolfi v. ClingerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2003
  4. Melvin Dukes v. A.L. Lockhart, Director Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
  5. Durdin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1997

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