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· 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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