Legal Opinion

Ferguson v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided December 14, 2000No. CR 99-999PublishedCited by 88 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DONALD L. Corbin, Justice.

Appellant James A. Ferguson was convicted in the Woodruff County Circuit Court of the first-degree murder of his wife, Brenda Ferguson, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Appellant raises six points for reversal: (1) the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction; (2) he was denied a speedy trial; (3) the trial court erred in refusing to strike a potential juror for cause; (4) he was prejudiced by a witness’s references to his having taken a polygraph test; (5) the trial court erred in refusing to grant a change of venue; and (6) the trial court erred in…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1982
  2. Gardner v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
  3. Gaines v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
  4. Conley v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
  5. Bell v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998

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3Cited by88 opinions

  1. Vance v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2011
  2. Green v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2006
  3. MacKool v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2006
  4. Camargo v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
  5. Baughman v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2003

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