Eveland v. State

John B. Robbins, Judge.

Chad Eveland, Scotty Hancock, and Charles Provance appeal from a decision of the Randolph County Circuit Court, which ruled on remand from this court that the appellants’ motions for separate trials and counsel’s motion to be relieved as counsel for two of the appellants were not timely and were denied.1 We find merit to the appellants’ arguments and reverse for a new trial.

The appellants were originally convicted of rape and each was sentenced to ten years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. An appeal was taken, and in an unpublished opinion on December 7, 1994,…