Opinion

Pruett v. State

  • 282 Ark. 304
  • 669 S.W.2d 186
  • 1984 Ark. LEXIS 1639
Court
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Filed
Apr 30, 1984
Status
Published
Author
Hollingsworth
On the bench
Purtle, Adkisson, Hickman, Hollingsworth, Dudley
Cited by
20 cases
Authority
More cited than 8.3%

The opinion

P. A. Hollingsworth, Justice, dissenting. I agree with appellant’s argument that the trial court erred in denying his motion challenging the death qualification of prospective jurors. I disagree with the majority’s holding in Rector v. State, 280 Ark. 385 , 659 S.W.2d 168 (1983). In my view the appellant had a right to prove that death-qualified jurors are more prone to conviction than jurors who are not so qualified, and to further prove that the jury in this case was so qualified. Grigsby v. Mabry, 569 F. Supp. 1273 (E.D. Ark. 1983).

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