Legal Opinion
Ross v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided July 6, 1987No. CR 87-65PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
In 1986, the Court of Appeals affirmed the petitioner Chester Ross’s convictions for several offenses committed in Poinsett County. Ross v. State, CACR 85-111, January 22, 1986. He now seeks postconviction relief pursuant to Criminal Procedure Rule 37.
The State in its response to the petition urges that the petition be dismissed because the petitioner filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in federal district court before he filed the petition in this court. The federal district court considered the habeas petition on its merits and dismissed it. The State cites our opinion in Barton v.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Swindler v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
- Jeffers v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1983
- Swisher v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1974
- Austin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1985
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Furr v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
- Russell v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1990
- Cranford v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1990
- Weeks v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1989
- Cranford v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1990
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