Legal Opinion
McCullough v. Lessenberry
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided November 20, 1989No. 89-93PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.
Appellant, R.S. McCullough, an attorney licensed to practice law in Arkansas, appeals from an order of the trial court finding him in contempt and imposing as punishment that he provide free legal services to a defendant in a case to be chosen by the court. We reverse and remand.
On August 24,1988, McCullough was representing Hurley M. Jones on a charge of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. Jones had been arrested by North Little Rock police, who had used a confidential informant to approach him to buy drugs. Jones had raised entrapment…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Spears v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1978
- Wood v. GoodsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1972
- Lilly v. EarlSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1989
- Morrow v. RobertsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1971
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Johnson v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
- Jones v. JonesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
- Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1994
- Atkinson v. LoftonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1992
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