Kennedy v. State

DONALD L. Corbin, Justice.

Appellant Michael Drew Kennedy was convicted in the Van Buren County Circuit Court of first-degree battery and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. Appellant appealed his conviction to the Arkansas Court of Appeals, asserting that the trial court erred when it allowed a prior statement given by an eyewitness to be read into evidence by the police officer who took the statement. In a 4-2 decision, the court of appeals affirmed the judgment of conviction. See Kennedy v. State, 71 Ark. App. 171, 27 S.W3d 467 (2000). We granted Appellant’s petition for review, pursuant…