# Tackett v. State

> Supreme Court of Arkansas · February 20, 1989 · 298 Ark. 20

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9640462

## Case

- **Full name:** Thomas Jeffery TACKETT v. STATE of Arkansas
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Arkansas
- **Decided:** February 20, 1989
- **Citations:** 298 Ark. 20; 766 S.W.2d 410; 1989 Ark. LEXIS 70
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Purtle
- **Judges:** Holt, Purtle
- **Cited by:** 24 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## Opinion text

John I. Purtle, Justice, concurring. I concur in the result reached by the majority. However, the majority opinion fails to clarify the matter of lesser included offenses. Manslaughter and battery in the first degree require proof of the same elements for a conviction in this case. Indeed, the appellant has already been convicted of first degree battery on the exact same factual situation.

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