Legal Opinion
Swaite v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided March 9, 1981No. CR 80-222PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Richard B. Adkisson, Chief Justice.
After a trial by jury, appellants, Walter Swaite and Tommy Swaite, were each convicted and sentenced to five years for aggravated robbery and ten years for the attempted capital murder of Bill Junkin, and to one year for the aggravated assault of Glenda Junkin, and to one year for the aggravated assault of Connie Craft.
On the night of January 4, 1980, two men wearing ski masks entered a liquor store in Harrisburg. One had a .38 caliber revolver and the other had a .45 caliber automatic pistol. Bill Junkin, the owner of the store, saw them and told Glenda…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Whalen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Parker v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
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3Cited by73 opinions
- Burt Beavers v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1982
- Abdullah v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1990
- Singleton v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
- McCoy v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2002
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