· 3/9/1981
Swaite v. State
Citations
- 612 S.W.2d 307
- 272 Ark. 128
- 1981 Ark. LEXIS 1218
How courts have described this case
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- holding sentences for both attempted capital murder and aggravated-robbery convictions under previous statutes violated double jeopardy
- finding a double jeopardy violation based on convictions for both attempted capital murder and its lesser-included offense of aggravated robbery
- finding a double jeopardy violation based on convictions for both attempted capital murder and its lesser-included offense of aggravated robbery
- construing state statutes to require merger of the convictions
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Judges: Adkisson, Purtle, Dudley
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