Legal Opinion

Weems v. Anderson

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided December 9, 1974No. CR 74-114PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LeRoy Autrey, Special Justice.

On August 20, 1973, Sammy A. Weems, the prosecuting attorney for the 17th Judicial District, reported to Circuit Judge W. M. Lee of that District that the investigation of an alleged crime of arson in the burning of the home of Doyle Owen in Prairie County had implicated the prosecuting attorney and requested that the Court convene a grand jury to investigate the matter. This report by Weems was made just before the commencement of a hearing before the Circuit Court at the conclusion of which Weems was disbarred but allowed to continue in the office of…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Ward v. Village of MonroevilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Commonwealth v. McHaleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1881
  3. Williams v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1919
  4. Speer v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1917
  5. State v. JonesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1924

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Goodwin v. CookWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1978
  2. Ford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1982
  3. Owen v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1978
  4. In Re the Thirty-Fifth Statewide Investigating Grand JurySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  5. Smith v. SimesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2013

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