Terry v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, where the jury was instructed on charges of capital murder under both § 5-10 — 101(a)(1) and (a)(4
• holding that where the jury was instructed on charges of capital murder under two theories and rendered a general verdict of guilty on capital murder, the verdict could be affirmed if there was sufficient evidence supporting a conviction under either theory
• holding that, where the jury was instructed on charges of capital murder under both § 5-10 — 101(a)(1) and (a)(4) and rendered a general verdict of guilty on capital murder, the verdict could be affirmed if there was sufficient evidence supporting a conviction under either subsection (a)(1
• reviewing a capital-murder conviction charged under both capital-felony murder and premeditated- and-deliberated murder and holding that the general guilty verdict would be upheld because there was sufficient evidence to support capital-felony murder

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Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Berry
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2011-01-20· cited 27×
• Norris v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2010-04-15· cited 27×
• Sanders v. Straughn
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2014-06-26· cited 12×
• Ortega v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2016-11-03· cited 7×
• Heath Mabry v. State of Arkansas
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2020-02-20· cited 7×
• Hoyle v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2011-09-08· cited 5×
• Chris Allen Oliger v. State of Arkansas
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2025-02-13· cited 3×
• Zachary Holly v. State of Arkansas
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2026-04-16

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Griffin v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1991-12-03· cited 1,353×
• Doss v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2003-02-06· cited 41×
• Nance v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1996-03-04· cited 40×
• Springs v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2006-12-07· cited 36×
• Abernathy v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1983-01-24· cited 27×
• McElhanon v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1997-06-30· cited 19×
• Wright v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2007-02-01· cited 15×
• Underdown v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1952-06-30· cited 14×
• Hoover v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2003-05-29· cited 12×
• Bunch v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2006-02-15· cited 3×
• Gaye v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2006-11-16· cited 2×