Ward v. State

770 S.W.2d 109 (1989)

298 Ark. 448

Ronald WARD, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. CR 88-145.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 24, 1989.

Joseph B. Brown, Jr., Memphis, for appellant.

Samuel Turner, Jr., West Memphis, for appellee.

DUDLEY, Justice.

At his first trial of this case the appellant was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. He appealed, and we reversed and remanded because of the improper use of peremptory challenges by the State to exclude black people from the jury. Ward v. State, 293 Ark. 88, 733 S.W.2d 728 (1987). Upon retrial, appellant was again convicted of…