Legal Opinion
Baker v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided July 7, 1986No. CR 85-227PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Darrell Hickman, Justice.
Dawn Hall Baker was convicted by a jury of three counts of capital felony murder and sentenced to three terms of life without parole. We affirm the convictions.
Baker met Charles Franklin Stoner, a taxi driver, on October 29, 1984. On November 26, they robbed Capitol Cab Company, Stoner’s former employer. During the robbery, Stoner stabbed and killed the dispatcher, Roma Silvey. On November 29 Stoner and Baker went to Mark Graves’ apartment in Maumelle. Stoner knew Graves from driving him in his taxi. Graves was paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. Stoner stabbed…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Lockhart v. McCreeSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Carl Albert Collins v. A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Sumlin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
- Scroggins v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1982
- Hunes v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Dawn Hall Baker v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
- Bell v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
- McDougald v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
- Brawley v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1991
- Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1992
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