Case Name: Guy Lavern KUEHN v. STATE of Arkansas
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1973-01-29
Citations: 253 Ark. 889
Docket Number: 5722
Parties: Guy Lavern KUEHN v. STATE of Arkansas
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 253
Pages: 889–890

Head Matter:
Guy Lavern KUEHN v. STATE of Arkansas
5722
489 S.W. 2d 505
Opinion delivered January 29, 1973
Eddie N. Christian, Charles R. Garner, and Burl C. Rotenberry, for appellant.
Ray Thornton, Atty. Gen., by: Henry Ginger, Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Opinion:
Frank Holt, Justice.
A jury convicted appellant of first degree murder and assessed his punishment at death by electrocution. On appeal the only contention is that the judgment on this verdict constitutes cruel and unusual punishment as forbidden by the United States Constitution and, consequently, his sentence must be reduced to life imprisonment. This contention is valid. Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972), Graham v. State, 253 Ark. 462, 486 S.W. 2d 675 (1972), and O'Neal v. State, 253 Ark. 574, 487 S.W. 2d 618.
The cause is remanded to the trial court for sentencing to life imprisonment which is the next highest available remedy. Ark. Stat. Ann. § 43-2308 (Repl. 1964).
Affirmed as modified and remanded.