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Landreth v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided January 8, 1998No. CR 97-716PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

This case arises out of the conviction of appellant, George Landreth, for the murder of Daisy Galaher. Landreth was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He raises five points on appeal which include issues of prosecutorial misconduct, discovery violations, and the alleged overlap of the capital murder and first-degree murder statutes. None of the issues raised has merit, and we affirm.

On March 15, 1995, Landreth was living with his ex-wife, Patricia Summerville, and her seventeen-year-old son, Shannon…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  5. Nooner v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Barnes v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
  2. Green v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2006
  3. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2009
  4. Gates v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1999
  5. People v. JamesColorado Court of Appeals · 2004

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