Legal Opinion
Swagger v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided December 3, 1956No. 4859PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Sam Robinson, Associate Justice.
The appellant, Eugene Swagger, a boy nineteen years of age, pleaded guilty to the charge of assault with intent to kill and was given the maximum sentence of 21 years in the penitentiary. Later, after having been committed to the penitentiary, he filed a motion to set aside the judgment of conviction and order of commitment on the ground that he was not represented by counsel at the time he entered the plea of guilty.
On the night of April 13, 1956, S. R. Cady was shot and seriously injured. He was in his home, and the shot was fired through a window from the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Uveges v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Wade v. MayoSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Gibbs v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Barnes v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1975
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- Tornavacca v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2012
- Douglas v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1985
- Orman v. BishopSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1968
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