Ellison v. State

Tom Glaze, Justice.

Ricky King, the victim in this murder case, was reported missing on July 21,1997, by his mother, Diane Pointer. His remains were located in the Kibler River bottoms in Crawford County on August 23, 2001. Appellant Stanley Ellison was eventually developed as a suspect, and a warrant for his arrest was issued on January 28, 2002. Ellison was tried on July 8, 2002, and was convicted of first-degree murder. On appeal, Ellison does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence, but raises two other points for reversal: 1) the trial court erred in refusing him an opportunity to…