Bell v. State

757 S.W.2d 937 (1988)

296 Ark. 458

J.C. BELL, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. CR 86-180.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 10, 1988.

Sandra Tucker Partridge, Benton, for appellant.

David B. Eberhard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

PURTLE, Justice.

The appellant was sentenced to life without parole after being convicted of capital felony murder. He makes nine arguments for reversal. Finding no prejudicial error, we affirm the conviction.

This case is quite unusual in that we are considering the direct appeal some fourteen years after the conviction. Meantime, the appellant…