Legal Opinion

Gavin v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided October 16, 2003No. CR 02-1164PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Donald L. Corbin, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Sebastian County Circuit Court revoking Appellant Jack Earl Gavin’s suspended imposition of sentences in four criminal cases. On appeal, Appellant argues that the trial court lacked the authority to order one of his sentences to run consecutively with the other sentences. Appellant also argues that the sentences originally imposed by the trial court were illegal. This case was certified to us from the Arkansas Court of Appeals on an issue not raised by Appellant or the State. Notably, the court of appeals is concerned that in…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Culpepper v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
  2. McGhee v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998
  3. Young v. SmithSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998
  4. Lambert v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1985
  5. Simpson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1992

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. State v. BoyetteSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2005
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  4. Green v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2009
  5. Seamster v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2009

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