Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided November 2, 1981No. CR 81-43PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

John I. Purtle, Justice.

This is an appeal from the denial of a Rule 37 Petition in which appellant alleged ineffective assistance of counsel.

The only point argued on appeal is that there is insufficient evidence to support the trial court’s order denying post-conviction relief. We disagree with appellant’s argument.

The motion for relief pursuant to Rule 37 of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure alleged appellant was denied effective assistance of counsel by counsel’s failure to call David Turney as an alibi witness. The appellant, the defense attorney and the proposed witness testified…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Leasure v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1973
  2. Swindler v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
  3. Sheppard v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1973
  4. Swindler v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Dopp v. Sugarloaf Mining Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1986
  2. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997
  3. Curtis Alan Gipson v. A.L. Lockhart and the Attorney General of the State of ArkansasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
  4. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997

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