Legal Opinion

West v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided December 10, 1973No. CR73-118PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

John A. Fogleman, Justice.

Appellants Ronnie West and Gary West were convicted by a jury and sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape of a twenty-year-old woman. They raise the following points for reversal:

I. The trial court erred in refusing to allow appellants to pursue the source of the information gained by the Sheriff’s Office leading them to suspect the appellants and in refusing to require the identity of the informant to be made known.

II. The trial court erred in ruling that the picture displays shown to the prosecuting witnesses were fair, and in ruling that there was probable…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. Rugendorf v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Bennett v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1972
  5. Clubb v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1959

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Perry v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1982
  2. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1975
  3. Zinger v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1993
  4. Britt v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998
  5. Green v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997

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