Legal Opinion
Anderson v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided November 17, 2011No. CR 08-1464PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONALD L. CORBIN, Justice.
[ Appellant Justin Anderson appeals the order of the Miller County Circuit Court denying his petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Ark. R.Crim. P. 37.5 (2011). We affirm the circuit court’s decision to deny postconviction relief.
Anderson was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death for the murder of the elderly Clara Creech on her lawn in Lafayette County. Anderson was aged nineteen years at the time of the murder in October 2000. This court affirmed his conviction but reversed the death sentence and remanded due to errors in the jury’s consideration of…
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