Legal Opinion
State v. Lasley
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided November 9, 2017No. CR-17-177PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
- COURTNEY HUDSON GOODSON, Associate Justice
11 The State of Arkansas appéals the Crittenden County Circuit Court’s use of three no'nmodel jury instructions at appel-lee David L. Easley’s resentencing hearing. The'State does not request a reversal or remand, but seeks only a declaration that the use of the instructions, which were proffered by Lasley, was error. Because this is not a proper State appeal, we dismiss.
In 1980, Lasley was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for a capital murder that he committed when he was seventeen years old. In Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 132…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Montgomery v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
- State v. ColvinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2013
- State v. McCormackSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
- State v. PittmanSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2005
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Elliott v. PayneDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 2023
- State v. LasleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 2017