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Sasser v. State

Citations

  • 993 S.W.2d 901
  • 338 Ark. 375
  • 1999 Ark. LEXIS 379

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the omission of the actus reus element from the instructions for attempted rape and attempted kidnapping was not a structural error
  • stating that even constitutional issues must be raised in the trial court and on direct appeal, rather than in Rule 37 proceedings
  • stating that even constitutional issues must be raised in the circuit court and on direct appeal rather than in Rule 37 proceedings
  • “[T]here is ample evidence in the record to support a finding of either kidnapping, attempted kidnapping, or attempted rape as the underlying felony for the capital murder charge.”

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Judges: Per Curiam

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