Reeves v. State

Russell Junior Reeves was convicted for the murder of Howard Clayton Miller and sentenced to thirty-five years' imprisonment. Five issues are raised on this appeal from that conviction.

I

Reeves contends that Emanuel Denny, David Williams, and Jimmy Williams were his accomplices and that he was entitled to pretrial disclosure of their statements under Rule 18.1 (b)(1), A.R.Cr.P. (Temp.).

A

Initially, it must be noted that "[t]he accused is ordinarily not entitled to pretrial inspection of statements of prosecution witnesses. This rule applies to statements of accomplices and co-defendants."…