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COLLINS v. STATE

No. CR 75-110.

531 S.W.2d 13 (1975)

Carl Albert COLLINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied January 19, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Barry Baker and Robert R. Estes, Jr., Fayetteville, Harold Hall, Public Defender, Little Rock (amicus curiae atty.), for appellant.

Jim Guy Tucker, Atty. Gen. by Robert Newcomb, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Beryl Anthony, Jr., Pros. Atty., El Dorado, Lee A. Munson, Pros. Atty., Little Rock, John Wesley Hall, Jr., and Fred Hart, Jr., Deputy Pros. Attys., Little Rock (amicus curiae attys.), for appellee.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

The appellant, Carl Albert Collins, was convicted of a capital felony, the murder of John Welch, and was sentenced by the jury to death by electrocution. The principal issue is the validity of Act 438 of 1973, which reinstated the death penalty after the decision in Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346 (1972). Ark.Stat.Ann., Title 41, Ch. 47 (Supp.1973). We find the statute...

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