Quinn v. State

James R. Cooper, Judge.

The appellant was convicted by a jury of manslaughter and was sentenced to seven years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. On appeal he argues three points: that the trial court failed to exercise its discretion in determining whether the appellant should be sentenced under the Alternative Service Act, Ark. Stat. Ann. § 43-2339 et seq. (Supp. 1977) [Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-501 et seq. (1987)]; in the alternative, if this Court finds that the trial court did exercise its discretion, the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to sentence the appellant…