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Turner v. Arkansas, 407 U.S. 366 (1972)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Turner v. Arkansas, 407 U.S. 366 (1972)
Turner v. Arkansas No. 71-1309 Decided June 19, 1972 407 U.S. 366
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO
THE SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS
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Petitioner received a general verdict of acquittal on an information charging him with murder in the course of a robbery. When petitioner was subsequently indicted for the robbery, his defense, rejected by the state courts, was that constitutional principles of double jeopardy collaterally estopped the State from relitigating those factual issues already determined in his favor, determinations that make his conviction of robbery logically impossible.
Held: It must be concluded that the jury (which had been given a charge on accessories) found that petitioner was not present at the robbery-murder scene, thus negating the possibility of a constitutionally valid conviction for the robbery. Ashe v. Swenson, 397 U.S. 436.
Petition for certiorari granted; 251 Ark. 499, 473 S.W.2d 904, reversed and remanded.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Turner v. Arkansas, 407 U.S. 366 (1972) in 407 U.S. 366 Original Sources, accessed August 30, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=JQ7DBU6RNALJPMR.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Turner v. Arkansas, 407 U.S. 366 (1972), in 407 U.S. 366, Original Sources. 30 Aug. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=JQ7DBU6RNALJPMR.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Turner v. Arkansas, 407 U.S. 366 (1972). cited in 1972, 407 U.S. 366. Original Sources, retrieved 30 August 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=JQ7DBU6RNALJPMR.
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