Legal Opinion
Travis v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided May 6, 1985No. CR 84-218PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
David Newbern, Justice.
The appellant, Travis, was convicted of first degree murder in 1974. On June 8, 1984, he filed with the circuit court a motion to be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea, alleging he was misled by his counsel into thinking he could receive the death penalty if he did not plead guilty. The charge of first degree murder did not carry with it the possibility of a sentence to death. He also alleged the court did not ascertain the voluntariness of his plea as is required by Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1979).
The circuit court refused to allow withdrawal of the guilty…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Shipman v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1977
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Larry Doby Smittie v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Dept. Of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Maxwell v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1989
- Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
- Whitmore v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1989
- Cothren v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
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