Legal Opinion

Henderson v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided February 4, 1985No. CR 84-153PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

John I. Purtle, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of capital felony murder and sentenced to life without parole. He presents four arguments in his appeal: I) the trial court erred in failing to grant appellant’s motion for a new trial because a witness was allowed to testify in violation of the rule; II) the court erred in refusing to give appellant’s requested non-AMCI instruction on corroborating evidence; III) it was error not to grant appellant’s motion for a directed verdict because the evidence did not support a finding of robbery; and IV) it was error to deny a motion in limine to…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Ferguson v. GreenSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
  2. Upton v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1974
  3. Russell v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1977
  4. Blaney v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1983
  5. Mode v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1961

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Misskelley v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1996
  2. Gaines v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
  3. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997
  4. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1999
  5. Walley v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2003

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