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  "name": "Robert LEONARD v. STATE of Arkansas",
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      "Robert LEONARD v. STATE of Arkansas"
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    "opinions": [
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        "text": "George Rose Smith, Justice.\nRobert Leonard was convicted of burglary and sentenced by the jury to eight years\u2019 imprisonment and a $1,000 fine. His only argument for reversal is, in effect, that his confession was involuntary as a matter of law.\nThe facts, undisputed, came largely from Robert\u2019s own testimony at the Denno hearing and before the jury. In late 1978 Robert, aged 16, was confined to a boys\u2019 home in Nebraska for breaking and entering. In February, 1979, he and another youth, Luke Soule, fled by bus to Winslow, Arkansas, where Robert meant to stay with his uncle and aunt if they would not turn him in to be sent back to Nebraska.\nUpon reaching Winslow on the morning of February 6 the two boys broke into a house to steal money and food. They ransacked the house, taking money and loading a shotgun, a rifle, and a pistol. When the owner of the house returned with his family and started to enter the house, Luke shot him several times, not fatally. The two boys ran away, Robert throwing away a shotgun and a pistol as he ran. They were picked up later in the day.\nRobert made a full confession after he had been warned of his rights. He admits that he told the truth. He did not ask that the officers call an attorney or his parents or his uncle and aunt, whom he was avoiding until he could learn through their son whether they would turn him in. A psychologist who interviewed Robert testified that he was of average intelligence and actually gave no reason for a finding that the confession was not voluntary. We have independently reviewed the facts, but we could not set aside the trial judge's ruling without saying in substance that any confession made by a 16-year-old boy is involuntary as a matter of law. That is not true. Mosley v. State, 246 Ark. 358, 438 S.W. 2d 311 (1969). That case, essentially similar to this one, involved a 15-year-old boy.\nAffirmed.",
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        "author": "George Rose Smith, Justice."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Michael Dabney, Public Defender, for appellant.",
      "Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by: Mary Davies Scott, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "Robert LEONARD v. STATE of Arkansas\nCR 80-50\n599 S.W. 2d 138\nSupreme Court of Arkansas\nOpinion delivered June 2, 1980\nMichael Dabney, Public Defender, for appellant.\nSteve Clark, Atty. Gen., by: Mary Davies Scott, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee."
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