Legal Opinion
Collins v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided February 2, 1981No. CR 75-110PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner Carl Albert Collins was convicted by a jury in 1974 of capital felony murder and sentenced to death by electrocution. The primary issue on appeal was the constitutionality of Act 438 of 1973, Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-4701 et seq (Supp. 1973), which reinstated the death penalty. This Court found the statute constitutional and affirmed the conviction on December 22, 1975. Collins v. State, 259 Ark. 8, 531 S.W. 2d 17 (1975). Motion to stay mandate pending appeal to the United States Supreme Court was granted February 2, 1976. Petition for certiorari for review of this Court’s judgment…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Jurek v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by51 opinions
- Carl Albert Collins v. A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
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- Ruiz v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1989
- State v. BoeglinNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1987
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