Walker v. State

Richard B. Adkisson, Chief Justice.

After a trial by jury appellant, James Dean Walker, was convicted of felony escape and sentenced to two years in the Arkansas Department of Correction, with the sentence to run consecutively to any sentence then being served. On appeal from this conviction the only issue is whether the trial court erred in instructing the jury pursuant to AMCI 6004, the instruction for deadlocked juries. We affirm.

The jury was given the case on the afternoon of October 19, 1981, but had still not reached a verdict after approximately four hours of deliberation. At that time…