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· 10/21/1985

Ragland v. McLane Co.

Citations

  • 287 Ark. 216
  • 697 S.W.2d 892
  • 1985 Ark. LEXIS 2202

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • ruling that trial counsel was not ineffective when he elected to forego an objection to alleged hearsay and instead pursued the issue on cross-examination
  • ruling that trial counsel was not ineffective when he elected to forego an obj ection to alleged hearsay and instead pursued the issue on cross-examination
  • “Whether to admit evidence is a matter resting in the trial court’s sound discretion.”
  • “[w]hile ‘area’near an ‘intersection’ is somewhat vague, the jury was nevertheless authorized to conclude that the officer was using the terms in a broad enough sense to encompass the location of the crime, based upon his familiarity with the area”

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Judges: Newbern, Purtle

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