Legal Opinion
Hobbs v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided November 1, 1982No. CR 82-48PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Frank Holt, Justice.
The appellant was charged with capital felony murder. Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-1501 (Repl. 1977). At his first trial he was convicted and sentenced to death by electrocution. We reversed and remanded. Hobbs v. State, 273 Ark. 125, 617 S.W.2d 347 (1981). On retrial the appellant was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Hence this appeal. We affirm.
The state’s theory of the case was that the appellant went to the office of a business firm in Newport, where he had recently worked, and forced a female bookkeeper to write a check for $500 and one for $1,000,…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Don Garriga Chapman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Harry Lloyd DavisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Ferguson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
- Gaines v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
- State v. MillerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1988
- Harold Hobbs v. A.L. LockhartCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- Shelton v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1985
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