Legal Opinion

McClendon v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided May 2, 1988No. CR 87-147PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

John I. Purtle, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of one count of capital murder and one count of aggravated robbery. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for capital murder and life imprisonment for aggravated robbery. The trial court withheld execution of the sentence for aggravated robbery unless the capital murder conviction was set aside. On appeal the appellant argues the following four points for reversal: (1) the trial court committed error by allowing an in-court identification of the appellant; (2) the trial court committed error by failing to grant a directed…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Moore v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Earl v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
  3. Trotter v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1986
  4. Simpson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
  5. Cozzaglio v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1986

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Nooner v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
  2. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2002
  3. Flowers v. NorrisSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2002
  4. Vickers v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1993
  5. Coulter v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1991

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