Legal Opinion

See v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided October 10, 1988No. CR 88-77PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Tom Glaze, Justice.

The appellant appeals his conviction of capital murder for the double homicide of his wife and stepdaughter. Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole by the jury. For reversal, he alleges that the trial court erred in the following three ways: (1) in not appointing an independent psychiatrist for psychiatric evaluation; (2) in admitting into evidence certain photographs of the victims; (3) in rejecting appellant’s jury instruction on involuntary intoxication.

At trial, the state’s proof clearly showed that the appellant shot and killed the two victims.…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Powell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. White v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1986
  4. Parker v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1987
  5. Evans v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1982

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1994
  2. Branscomb v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1989
  3. King v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1994
  4. State v. SextonSupreme Court of Vermont · 2006
  5. Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1989

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