Legal Opinion
Davis v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided November 9, 1987No. CR 87-79PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Steele Hays, Justice.
Appellant Royce Davis was convicted of murder in the first degree and possession of a controlled substance. He was sentenced to forty years for murder and ten years for possession. On appeal he challenges the validity of an arrest warrant issued for his arrest and the rejection by the trial court of an instruction on the defense of insanity.
On April 23, 1986, Mike Hardin was shot and killed in a beauty salon in Little Rock. The next day, based on descriptions of eyewitnesses and on information supplied by a friend of the appellant, the Little Rock police obtained an…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. LeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Shadwick v. City of TampaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1972
- Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1972
- Allen v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1982
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Mitchell v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
- Yocum v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1996
- Starr v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
- William Leach A/K/A William Martin v. Darrell Kolb, Acting Superintendent, and Attorney General of the State of WisconsinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance v. DaggettSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2003
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