Stone v. State

Melvin Mayfield, Judge.

David Marshall Stone was convicted by a jury of theft of property and sentenced to seven years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. His only argument on appeal is that it was error for the trial court to allow admission of statements he made after being promised leniency by the arresting officer.

The record contains no motion to suppress the statements. Nevertheless, the trial judge held an in camera hearing on the admissibility of the statements. Detective Morris Pate, of the Eureka Springs Police Department, testified that on September 20,1991, he took a statement…