Legal Opinion

Haynie v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided January 27, 1975No. CR 74-130PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Frank Holt, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of robbery and also that the robbery was committed with the use of a firearm. On appeal, appellant only challenges the validity of the 15 year sentence which was imposed by the court for the use of a firearm in the commission of the robbery. Appellant first asserts, through present court appointed counsel, there is no substantial evidence to support the jury’s finding that a firearm was used in the commission of the felony.

On appellate review, in determining the sufficiency of the evidence, it is well established that we ascertain that…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Roosevelt Mitchell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
  2. James Slawek v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
  3. Leasure v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1973
  4. Franklin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1971
  5. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1970

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. State v. LenihanMontana Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Barnes v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1975
  3. Sumlin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
  4. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
  5. Neal v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1975

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