Legal Opinion
Roderick v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided March 17, 1986No. CR 85-86PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Steele Hays, Justice.
On the evening of Friday, August 12, 1983, the nude body of Linda Cruce was found in a rural area of St. Francis County. The sheriff’s office began an investigation, obtaining information that the appellant, Jim Duke Roderick, had been seen with Linda Cruce several times leading up to the discovery of the body.
On Monday evening, August 15, having heard the sheriff wanted to talk to him, Roderick came to the sheriff’s office at about 7:00 o’clock where he was arrested, given the Miranda warnings and placed in a jail cell. Sometime around midnight Roderick sent word that he…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Laime v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
- Sanford v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998
- Duncan v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1987
- Owens v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2003
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
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