Legal Opinion
Whitmore v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided May 30, 1989No. CR 87-168PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Tom Glaze, Justice.
Petitioner, Jonas Hoten Whitmore, seeks post-conviction relief pursuant to Rule 37 of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure. While seeking relief before this court, Whitmore also sought to intervene as next friend in the case of Simmons v. State, CR 89-45, so Whitmore could argue certain constitutional issues concerning whether Arkansas is required to hold appellate reviews in all capital cases, including those where the convicted defendant waives such a review. This court, finding Whitmore had no standing to intervene on behalf of Simmons, promptly denied his request.…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Rees v. PeytonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Gilmore v. UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Carl Albert Collins v. A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Whitmore Ex Rel. Simmons v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Jonas H. Whitmore v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
- Abdullah v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1990
- Bradford v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2003
- Coulter v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1991
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