Wiser v. State

J. FRED Jones, Justice.

This is an appeal by James Wiser from an order of the Carroll County Circuit Court denying his petition for post-conviction relief under our Criminal Procedure Rule No. 1. Wiser was first convicted of first degree murder in 1970 and was sentenced to death by electrocution. Attorney Paul H. Jackson represented Wiser under appointment by the trial court, and on appeal to this court the judgment was reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial. Wiser v. State, 249 Ark. 271, 459 S.W. 2d 58.

Prior to Wiser’s second trial he was granted a change of venue to Benton County…