Legal Opinion

Evans v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided April 17, 1972No. 5679PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

John A. Fogleman, Justice.

Laughter Lee Evans asserts three points for reversal of his conviction of possession of stolen property. He contends that errors were committed in allowing testimony relating oral statements attributed to him, in addition to admission of his written statement, in denying his motion for verdict, and in giving an instruction to the jury regarding further consideration of the case after it reported that it had been unable to reach a verdict.

Appellant’s argument on appeal is somewhat different from his objection in the trial court to the testimony about the oral…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Benson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1921
  2. Mallory v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1920
  3. Nash v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1970
  4. Whitley v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914
  5. McGaha v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1949

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Lowe v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1978
  2. Walker v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1982
  3. Patterson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1972
  4. Barnes v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1977

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