Blake v. State

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

This is an appeal from a Criminal Procedure Rule 1 hearing denying appellant release from the Arkansas penitentiary.

The appellant, Jimmy Blake, is sixteen years of age, has less than a fifth grade education, and is one of ten children whose father does common labor at a min and whose mother works in a laundry.

Appellant’s first brush with the law came in 1965, when he was sent to the Boy’s Industrial School from Woodruff County Juvenile Court. The instant appeal involves three cases in the White County Circuit Court.

In July 1966, in case number 2132, appellant was…