Legal Opinion
Venable v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided July 12, 1976No. CR75-207PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
John A. Fogleman, Justice.
Appellant was charged and found guilty of the murder of Donnie Edward Douglas on December 21, 1974, while engaged in the perpetration of the crime of rape of Sherry Douglas in violation of Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-4702 (A) (Supp. 1973). He was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. He seeks reversal of the judgment of conviction on 15 grounds. We find no basis for reversal of this judgment on any of them or on any objection made during the course of the trial. We shall review the points for reversal argued by appellant in the order raised by him and state the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Jurek v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Grigsby v. MabryDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1983
- Giles v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1977
- Neal v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
- Sumlin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
- David v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
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