State v. Johnson

W.H. “Dub” Arnold, Chief Justice.

This is the second interlocutory appeal brought by the State in the same case. In State v. Johnson, 326 Ark. 660, 934 S.W.2d 499 (1996), we held that the trial court erred in suppressing appellee John Edward Johnson’s confession on the basis that he was denied the right to counsel of his own choosing to be present during an in-custody interrogation and reversed and remanded his case. In the present appeal, the State contends that the trial court erred in dismissing its charges against Johnson on the grounds that double-jeopardy principles barred state…