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Jacobs v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided March 3, 1997No. CR 95-808PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Annabeixe Clinton Imber, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Because it has proved impossible to reproduce an adequate record of the proceedings below, we are left with no choice but to remand the case for a new trial.

On October 16, 1993, Shelia Lambert was shot to death outside of her trailer in Monticello, Arkansas. Two days later, her boyfriend, Frederick Jacobs, was taken into custody and gave a detailed statement confessing to the crime. On November 15, 1993, Jacobs was charged with capital murder.…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Bullington v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Bell v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
  3. Ward v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
  4. Jacobs v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
  5. Holiday Inns, Inc. v. DrewSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1982

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Green v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2013
  2. McGehee v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997
  3. Hood v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997
  4. People v. BanksAppellate Court of Illinois · 2007
  5. Scott v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2003

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