Legal Opinion

Smith v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided July 13, 1992No. CR 91-233PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Donald L. Corbin, Justice.

Appellant, Johnny Ray Smith, appeals a judgment of the Miller Circuit Court convicting him of the first degree murder of Robert Lollis and sentencing him to life imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction. He assigns four points of error in his jury trial. We find no merit to his arguments and affirm the judgment of conviction.

The last of the four arguments raised in appellant’s brief is that the trial court erred in denying his motion for directed verdict based on insufficient evidence. We treat a challenge to the denial of a motion for directed verdict…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Dawson v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  3. Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1984
  4. Snell v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1986
  5. Lukach v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1992

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Echols v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1996
  2. Barrett v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2003
  3. Britt v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998
  4. Haynes v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
  5. Lee v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997

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