Clements v. State

Dale Price, Justice.

On November 7,1988, Conway Police Officer Ray Noblitt was shot and killed in the line of duty. The appellant was arrested for the crime and tried before a Faulkner County jury. The jury convicted him of capital murder and sentenced him to death by lethal injection. The appellant now seeks a reversal of his conviction. We find that the appellant was entitled to a mistrial because the prosecutor failed to provide the appellant, in a timely fashion, with the grand jury testimony of one of the state’s witnesses. Therefore, we reverse and remand. To assist in the understanding…