Legal Opinion
Leggins v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided December 3, 1979No. CR79-178PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Darrell Hickman, Justice.
One James Leggins was convicted in the Pulaski County Circuit Court of two counts of aggravated robbery. The jury found he was an habitual criminal, having two prior convictions, and he was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment on each count, the terms to be served consecutively.
The sole argument of error on appeal is that the trial court erred in permitting evidence of a prior conviction of one JAMES LIGION to be submitted to the jury as a prior conviction of this defendant who was named JAMES LEGGINS in the information.
We agree this was error which requires us to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- McConahay v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1974
- Higgins v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1962
- Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1904
- Godard v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1911
- Henson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1970
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Burt Beavers v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Kenneth Jones v. State of ArkansasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- James Leggins v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- Leggins v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
- Allen v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
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