Legal Opinion

Chambers v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided February 22, 1982No. CR81-109PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

John I. Purtle, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of rape by a jury and sentenced to 50 years.

Appellant filed a timely notice of appeal and alleged three points for reversal: (1) that the victim’s testimony should have been excluded because of her age; (2) that appellant’s statement should have been suppressed due to the lack of a valid waiver of counsel; and, (3) that the remarks of the deputy prosecutor in closing arguments were improper and should have been grounds for a mistrial. We find no merit in any of the contentions of the appellant and affirm the judgment as expressed by the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Kitchen v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
  3. Hamblin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
  4. Thomerson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
  5. Shaw v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1986
  2. Trotter v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1986
  3. King v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1994
  4. Bowden v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
  5. Clem v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2002

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