Legal Opinion
Maxwell v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided May 27, 1963No. 5057PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Oseo Cobb, Special Associate Justice.
1. This is a criminal case wherein appellant was charged, under Ark. Stat. Ann. 1947, Sec. 41-3401, with the commission of the offense of rape. Prior to 1915 conviction for this offense carried a mandatory death penalty. By Act No. 187 of 1915 (Ark. Stat. Ann. 1947, Sec. 43-2153) the mandatory death penalty was removed as to all capital offenses and the jury trying the accused was authorized to bring in a verdict of guilty and life imprisonment in the State penitentiary in lieu of the death penalty, if it so desired.
2. At the conclusion of this trial the…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Hurtado v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Chambers v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Maxwell v. BishopSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- People v. ChismMichigan Supreme Court · 1973
- William L. Maxwell v. Dan D. Stephens, Superintendent of Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- State v. KindermanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1965
- William L. Maxwell v. O. E. Bishop, Superintendent, Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
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