Derring v. State

Frank Holt, Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of capital murder, Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-1501 (Repl. 1977), and sentenced to life without parole. Hence this appeal.

Appellant first asserts that the court erred in denying his motion to dismiss the information pursuant to the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act. Ark. Stat. Ann. § 43-3201 (Repl. 1977). Appellant was charged in August, 1978, with the alleged offense while he was incarcerated in a federal facility in Missouri. On January 10, 1979, he requested disposition of the Arkansas charges under the Interstate Agreement. He was…