Legal Opinion
Russell v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided November 21, 1977No. CR77-124PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
John A. Fqgleman, Justice.
Otha Lee Russell and Lovell Davis were jointly charged, along with Rosie Shumate, with the aggravated robbery of Christopher Layman, Manager of the Crawfordsville Branch of Earle State Bank in Crawfordsville on September 1, 1976. They were jointly tried and found guilty. A verdict of acquittal of Rosie Shumate was directed. Both appeal, seeking reversal of the judgments of conviction. We find no reversible error and affirm both judgments.
We shall first consider the appeal of Russell. He presents two points for reversal, viz:
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THE TRIAL COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION IN…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Williams v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Wardius v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Kelley v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1977
- Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1965
- Butt v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
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3Cited by41 opinions
- State v. PayneWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1981
- Sumlin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
- Orsini v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1984
- Swindler v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
- Hobbs v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1982
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