Legal Opinion

Little v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided June 27, 1977No. CR76-109PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

John A. Fogleman, Justice.

Carey Dean Little literally had his brains blown out by a shotgun blast as he lay sleeping in his bed at his home in Huttig, Arkansas, very early on the morning of January 16, 1975, his thirty-second birthday. His daughter Deborah Lynne (born August 5, 1960, according to her mother) was charged with his murder, found guilty, and sentenced to life imprisonment for murder in the first degree. She seeks reversal of this conviction on ten grounds. They are:

I

APPELLANT’S STATEMENT, MADE AT HER ARREST, AND ADMITTED OVER OBJECTION, WAS INVOLUNTARY AND INADMISSIBLE.

II

APPELLANT…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  4. Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  5. Butt v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Beed v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
  2. State v. Q.D.Washington Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Shelton v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1985
  4. Ash v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
  5. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1984

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