Legal Opinion
Turner v. Arkansas
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 22, 1972No. 71-1309PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Per curiam
On December 24, 1968, petitioner, one Richard Turner (no relation to petitioner), the decedent Larry Wayne Yates, and one other person were involved in a poker game, which lasted until the early hours of Christmas morning. After he left the game, Yates was murdered and robbed, and an information filed on December 27 charged that:
“[Petitioner] on the 25th day of December, 1968 .. . did unlawfully, wilfully, feloniously and violently take from the person of one Larry Wayne Yates . . . a sum of money in excess of $300.00 . . . forcibly and against the will of the said Larry Wayne Yates . . . and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Harris v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Turner v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1970
- Turner v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1971
3Cited by127 opinions
- Abney v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Newton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1977
- State v. GuerraArizona Supreme Court · 1989
- Bobby Hardwick v. Ollie Doolittle, Jailer and William Anderson, SheriffCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Commonwealth v. SparrowSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
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