Echols v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1Opinion of the Court
DONALD L. Corbin, Justice.
Appellant Damien Wayne Echols was charged, along with Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, with the murders of three eight-year-old boys, Michael Moore, Steve Branch, and Christopher Byers, that occurred on May 5, 1993, in West Memphis. Misskelley was convicted of one count of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment and a total of forty years’ imprisonment, respectively. This court affirmed his convictions and sentences in Misskelley v. State, 323 Ark. 449, 915 S.W.2d 702, cert. denied, 519 U.S. 898 (1996).…
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2Cases cited25 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Collins v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1977
- Echols v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1996
- Misskelley v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1996
- Franz Ex Rel. Simmons v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
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