Legal Opinion
Morris v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided January 16, 2003No. CR 02-662Published
1Opinion of the Court
94 S.W.3d 913 (2003)
351 Ark. 426
Calvin MORRIS
v.
STATE of Arkansas.
No. CR 02-662.
Supreme Court of Arkansas.
January 16, 2003.
James Law Firm, by: William Owen James, Jr., and Clay Buchanan, Little Rock, for appellant.
Mark Pryor, Att'y Gen., by: Katherine Adams, Ass't Att'y Gen., for appellee.
ROBERT L. BROWN, Justice.
Appellant Calvin Morris was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to forty years in prison. He appeals on the basis that the circuit court erroneously refused to instruct the jury on second-degree murder and manslaughter. We agree that the circuit court erred in not giving an…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Jones v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Harmon v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
- Harshaw v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
- Britt v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
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