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Dixon rule in Arkansas

5 Arkansas opinions name it 2 courts 1978–2011 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Arkansas courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (1)

CaseFollowedCited
Grillot v. Stategreen
ark · 2003 · cited in 1 Arkansas opinions naming this issue, 2004–2004
2 sentences

2004Indeed, the Dixon rule was so applied in a twenty-year-imprisonment case on the very same day that Pilcher was decided, see Grillot v. State, 353 Ark. 294, 316 , 107 S.W.3d 136, 149 (2003), and has been so applied in at least seven criminal cases since Pilcher. 3 There has, of late, been a distressing divergence of views held by the various judges of the Arkansas Court of Appeals regarding our role as a reviewing court.

2004Indeed, the Dixon rule was so applied in a twenty-year-imprisonment case on the very same day that Pilcher was decided, see Grillot v. State, 353 Ark. 294, 316 , 107 S.W.3d 136, 149 (2003), and has been so applied in at least seven criminal cases since Pilcher. 3 There has, of late, been a distressing divergence of views held by the various judges of the Arkansas Court of Appeals regarding our role as a reviewing court.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Arkansas. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (2)

CaseCitedYears
Dixon v. State green
ark · 1977
2 sentences

1982Dixon v. State, 260 Ark. 857 , 545 S.W.2d 606 (1977).

1982Dixon v. State, 260 Ark. 857 , 545 S.W.2d 606 (1977).

31978–1982
Holt v. State green
ark · 2011
2 sentences

2011Holt v. State, 2011 Ark. 391 , 384 S.W.3d 498 .

2011Holt v. State, 2011 Ark. 391 , 384 S.W.3d 498 .

12011–2011

Where else courts name it

TN 28 (1997–2016) TX 20 (1995–2023) CA 17 (1970–2026) OH 12 (1990–2026) PA 9 (1994–2025) FL 9 (1964–2025) AL 8 (1992–2014) IL 6 (1986–2024) IN 5 (2010–2020) MO 5 (1958–2019) AR 5 (1978–2011) GA 5 (2012–2025) VA 4 (2004–2018) KS 4 (1992–2026) MS 4 (2011–2014) SC 4 (2019–2023) AZ 4 (2008–2023) MI 3 (1983–2004) WI 2 (2022–2023) UT 2 (1988–1999) LA 2 (1991–1994) MD 2 (1970–2007) MN 2 (1983–2014) DE 2 (1996–2021) IA 2 (2019–2021) NE 2 (1986–1991)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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