# Pruett v. State

> Supreme Court of Arkansas · April 30, 1984 · 282 Ark. 304

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9683202

## Case

- **Full name:** Marion Albert PRUETT v. STATE of Arkansas
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Arkansas
- **Decided:** April 30, 1984
- **Citations:** 282 Ark. 304; 669 S.W.2d 186; 1984 Ark. LEXIS 1639
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Hollingsworth
- **Judges:** Purtle, Adkisson, Hickman, Hollingsworth, Dudley
- **Cited by:** 20 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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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