Legal Opinion
Rasmussen v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided October 24, 1983No. CR 82-78PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner Paula C. Rasmussen was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to a term of life imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction. We affirmed. Rasmussen v. State, 277 Ark. 238, 641 S.W.2d 699 (1982). Petitioner now seeks permission to proceed in circuit court for postconviction relief pursuant to A.R.Cr.P. Rule 37 on the ground that her counsel R. Wayne Lee was ineffective.
Petitioner alleges that after trial she learned that the deputy prosecuting attorney had spoken with Mr. Lee outside her presence and offered to recommend a sentence of 15 years imprisonment if she…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Leasure v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1973
- Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1983
- Blackmon v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
- Swindler v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
- McCroskey v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1983
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3Cited by22 opinions
- United States v. William Day, A/K/A William McNeilCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- Lloyd v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
- Cottle v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1999
- Patterson v. LeMasterNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2001
- Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1992
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