Clements v. State

Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.

The appellant, Kenneth Ray Clements, brings this interlocutory appeal alleging that the trial .court’s removal of his appointed attorney, Richard Atkinson, violated his sixth and fourteenth amendment rights to counsel under the United States Constitution and his right to counsel under Art. 2, Section 10 of the Arkansas Constitution. The State agreed with Clements and has waived its right to file a brief in response. We also agree, and reverse and remand.

This case involves the retrial of Clements for capital murder in the shooting death of police officer Ray…