Legal Opinion

Pedraza v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided June 26, 2014No. CR-13-991PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DONALD L. CORBIN, Associate Justice.

|,Appellant, Daniel Pedraza, appeals the order of the Drew County Circuit Court imposing a sentence of life imprisonment rendered in a jury-sentencing proceeding that followed his guilty plea to murder in the first degree, a violation of Arkansas Code Annotated section 5-10-102 (Repl.2018). As his sole point for reversal, Appellant contends that the circuit court erred in refusing to permit additional voir dire of the selected but unsworn jury after the plea agreement had been consummated. If this court reverses, Appellant further requests the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  2. Morgan v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  3. United States v. QuinonesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
  4. Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1994
  5. Perry v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1982

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Burgess v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2016
  2. Pedraza v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2016
  3. Burgess v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2016
  4. Curtis Carnley v. State of ArkansasCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2024
  5. Pedraza v. PopeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2015

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