Supreme Court of Arkansas· 10/3/1994
State v. Knight
Citations
- 884 S.W.2d 258
- 318 Ark. 158
- 1994 Ark. LEXIS 523
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- circuit court does not have authority to reduce charges brought by prosecuting attorney and sentence defendant to only lesser included offense when defendant pled guilty to greater offense
- \The Arkansas Constitution provides that the duty of charging an accused with a felony is reserved to the grand jury or to the prosecutor.... We have consistently held that a circuit judge does not have the authority to amend the charge brought by the prosecuting attorney.\
- “The Arkansas Constitution provides that the duty of charging an accused with a felony is reserved to the grand jury or to the prosecutor. . . . We have consistently held that a circuit judge does not have the authority to amend the charge brought by the prosecuting attorney.”
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Judges: Brown
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11 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Conner v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas· 1998-10-08· cited 47×
- Vanesch v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas· 2001-01-18· cited 28×
- State v. Vasquez-AerreolaSupreme Court of Arkansas· 1997-03-17· cited 17×
- Cantrell v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas· 2009-10-01· cited 17×
- State v. BrittSupreme Court of Arkansas· 2006-12-07· cited 15×
- State v. BrooksSupreme Court of Arkansas· 2005-02-03· cited 12×
- Renfro v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas· 1998-01-29· cited 5×
- Bell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas· 2008-01-23· cited 4×
- I.K. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas· 2018-12-05· cited 1×
- Arkansas Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Services v. Legal Aid of ArkansasSupreme Court of Arkansas· 2022-06-09· cited 1×
- Opinion No.Arkansas Attorney General Reports· 2001-06-05
Cites
11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Simpson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas· 1992-09-28· cited 34×
- State v. TownsendSupreme Court of Arkansas· 1993-10-18· cited 34×
- Varnedare v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas· 1978-11-20· cited 30×
- State v. MurphySupreme Court of Arkansas· 1993-11-08· cited 29×
- State v. BarterSupreme Court of Arkansas· 1992-06-29· cited 25×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Arkansas· 1994-05-31· cited 24×
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Arkansas· 1994-01-10· cited 11×
- State v. BrooksSupreme Court of Arkansas· 1990-02-05· cited 10×
- State v. HillSupreme Court of Arkansas· 1991-07-15· cited 8×
- State v. WhaleSupreme Court of Arkansas· 1993-11-01· cited 8×
- State v. GalyeanSupreme Court of Arkansas· 1994-02-07· cited 7×
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