Legal Opinion

McCuen v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided April 4, 1997No. CR 96-1228PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

Appellant William J. McCuen appeals from a denial of a petition to vacate his sentence and from a denial of his motion to correct an illegal sentence. He argues multiple points on appeal, none of which, we conclude, has merit. We affirm the orders of the trial court.

On December 18, 1995, McCuen was charged with two counts of public servant bribery (Ark. Code Ann. § 5-52-103 (Repl. 1993)), one count of tax evasion (Ark. Code Ann. § 26-18-201 (Repl. 1992)), one count of accepting gratuities and kickbacks (Ark. Code Ann. § 19-11-707 (Repl. 1994)), and one misdemeanor…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Dukes v. Warden, Connecticut State PrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Crockett v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1984
  5. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Price v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2002
  2. McCuen v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1999
  3. Arkansas Public Defender Commission v. Greene County Circuit CourtSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
  4. Johninson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997
  5. Robertson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2010

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