Walton v. State

650 S.W.2d 231 (1983)

279 Ark. 193

Clarence WALTON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. CR 82-136.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 9, 1983.

Jesse E. Porter, Jr., West Helena, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Victra L. Fewell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

HICKMAN, Justice.

Clarence Walton was charged with the rape and attempted capital murder of a mother of four who clerked in a twenty-four hour convenience store called the Jr. Food Mart in Marianna, Arkansas. He was convicted on both counts and sentenced to life imprisonment for the attempted murder, and fifty years…