Legal Opinion

Green v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided September 27, 2012No. CR 11-1269PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JIM HANNAH, Chief Justice.

|! Appellant Charles Wayne “Chad” Green was convicted of four counts of capital murder and one count of kidnapping. He received life sentences for each count of capital murder and a forty-year sentence for the count of kidnapping. On appeal, he contends that the State’s use of inconsistent prosecutorial theories in his trial and in the separate trial of a co-defendant denied him due process of law, or alternatively, that the State was judicially estopped from arguing inconsistent theories. He also contends that, because the police failed to inform him that he was…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. United States v. Mary Dangerfield BengivengaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
  3. Jon Keith Smith v. Michael Groose Missouri Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000
  4. Anderson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2011
  5. Vance v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2011

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3Cited by11 opinions

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