Hillard v. State

Tom Glaze, Justice.

Appellant Craig Keith Hillard appeals

from a jury verdict convicting him of two counts of murder. He was sentenced as a habitual offender to two terms of life without parole. Hillard asserts five points for reversal.

Hillard first argues his attorney was not qualified under state law to represent him in a capital murder case. Charles E. Halbert, Jr. was appointed to defend Hillard on January 1, 1993, and Halbert, one day before trial, on November 8, 1993, informed the trial court that, pursuant to Act 1193 of 1993, the Arkansas Public Defender Commission had drafted standards…