JUSTIN ANDERSON

DOB: March 21, 1981
Race: African American
Gender: Male

County of conviction: Lafayette
Number of counts: 1
Race of victim: White
Gender of victim: Female
Date of crime: October 12, 2000
Date of sentencing: January 31, 2002

Trial Counsel:

Llewellen Marczuk

Current proceedings:

Last judicial decision:

• Petition for Rehearing denied in Arkansas Supreme Court, Justin Anderson v. State of Arkansas, from Miller Circuit - CR06-29 (Dec. 7, 2006).
   
• Conviction affirmed on direct appeal of resentencing. Anderson v. State, ___ S.W.3d ___, 2006 WL 3094150 (Nov. 2, 2006).

Current counsel:

Janice Wegener Vaughn
Arkansas Public Defender Commission
101 E. Capitol, Suite 201
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 682-9070

Reported Opinions:

• Petition for Rehearing denied in Arkansas Supreme Court, Justin Anderson v. State of Arkansas, from Miller Circuit - CR06-29 (Dec. 7, 2006).
   
• Conviction affirmed on direct appeal of resentencing. Anderson v. State, ___ S.W.3d ___, 2006 WL 3094150 (Nov. 2, 2006).
   
• Resentenced to death, September 16, 2005, Miller County.  (No cite available).

• Conviction affirmed on direct appeal, but death sentence vacated, and case remanded for new sentencing proceeding by State v. Anderson, 163 S.W.3d 333 (Ark. 2004).

Significant legal issues:

• Mental retardation under Atkins v. Virginia
   
• Death Sentence vacated on direct appeal because jury forms indicated that jury did not consider any mitigating evidence.

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