Williams v. State

Steele Hays, Justice.

This is the second appeal of appellant’s conviction of capital felony murder for the rape and murder of a seventy-eight year old woman, Sidney Riley. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole, but on appeal the case was reversed and remanded on the ground that the Denno hearing had been conducted without the state producing all the material witnesses. Williams v. State, 278 Ark. 9, 642 S.W.2d 887 (1982). On retrial, appellant was again found guilty and given the same sentence. He brings this appeal on two points, neither of which has merit.

Appellant contended…