Legal Opinion

Cranford v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided October 22, 1990No. CR 89-148Published

1Opinion of the Court

797 S.W.2d 442 (1990)

303 Ark. 393

Gary CRANFORD and Dixie Cranford, Appellants,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. CR 89-148.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 22, 1990.

Maxie Kizer, Pine Bluff, for appellants.

Theodore Holder, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

HAYS, Justice.

This appeal is brought from a denial of post-conviction relief under Ark.R.Cr.P. Rule 37. The issue is whether the appellants received ineffective assistance of counsel in connection with their guilty pleas.

In January of 1987, appellants Dixie and Gary Cranford, husband and wife, were charged with the rape of two…

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2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Coy v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  4. William Lloyd Hill v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
  5. Dung Thai Tran v. A.L. Lockhart, Director Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988

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