HAYS v. STATE

No. CR 77-160.

598 S.W.2d 91 (1980)

Roosevelt HAYS, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 12, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Newcomb, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellant.

Jack W. Dickerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


PURTLE, Justice.

On January 31, 1977, the jury convicted appellant and a co-defendant of murder in the first degree. Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. Both defendants were represented by the same public defender.

On appeal it is insisted that the trial court erred (1) in giving an erroneous instruction; (2) in admitting appellant's confession into evidence; (3) in admitting the co-defendant's cross-implicating confession into evidence; and, (4...

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