Legal Opinion
Swaite v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided October 26, 1981No. CR 81-50Published
1Opinion of the Court
623 S.W.2d 176 (1981)
Joseph Verser SWAITE, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.
No. CR 81-50.
Supreme Court of Arkansas.
October 26, 1981.
Webb & Imboden, and L. D. Gibson, Trumann, for appellant.
Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Leslie M. Powell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.
HICKMAN, Justice.
This is a companion case to Swaite v. State, 272 Ark. 128, 612 S.W.2d 307 (1981).
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2Cases cited17 opinions
- Weems v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- United States v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Harris v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Wicks v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
- Earl v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
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