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State v. Bell

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided July 14, 1997No. CR 96-1543PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

This is the second appeal relating to the judgments of conviction of Albert Bell. Terry Sims and Albert Bell gave statements to law enforcement officers confessing to the murders of Julian Russell and Mary Lou Jones at Cloud’s Grocery Store in Casscoe, Arkansas County. At the ensuing trial of Albert Bell, he was convicted of both murders and sentenced to two consecutive life sentences. We remanded for the limited purpose of a new suppression hearing because the prosecutor failed to make available State Police Sergeant Gary Allen, who allegedly played “bad cop” to…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Humphrey v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997
  3. Mauppin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1992
  4. Tillman v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
  5. Burks v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1987

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Sanford v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998
  2. Vance v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2011
  3. Frette v. City of SpringdaleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998
  4. Flowers v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2005
  5. Riggs v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1999

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