Legal Opinion
Rogers v. Britton
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided March 6, 1979No. PB-C-77-71PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ARNOLD, District Judge.
On November 5, 1973, Harold Eugene Rogers, a black 17-year-old, was convicted of first-degree rape by a jury in the Circuit Court of Sebastian County, Arkansas, Fort Smith District. The victim was a 21-year-old white woman. Rogers was 16 when the crime was committed. The jury fixed his punishment at imprisonment for life without parole. The Supreme Court of Arkansas affirmed the conviction on direct appeal, Rogers v. State, 257 Ark. 144, 515 S.W.2d 79 (1974) (6-1 decision). The Supreme Court of the United States denied certiorari, 421 U.S. 930 (1975). Rogers is…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Ham v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Ristaino v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Duane Earl Pope v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Thomas Winford Simmons v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- R. G. Britton, Appellant-Cross v. Harold Eugene Rogers, Appellee-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Rogers v. BrittonDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1979
- Williamson v. LockhartDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1986
- Wainwright v. NorrisDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1993