Rhoades v. State

Robert L. Brown,

Justice. Appellant George Lemoin Rhoades appeals his capital murder convictions and sentence to life imprisonment without parole. He raises one point for reversal. He asserts that he was arrested without reasonable cause which tainted any subsequent statement he gave to law enforcement officers and the fruits of that statement. The point raised has no merit, and we affirm.

Bobby Friend and his wife, Charlene Friend, were beaten and stabbed to death in the bedroom of their home in DeQueen early Sunday morning on March 22, 1992. Their bodies were found two days later when Bobby…