Lynch v. State

Tom Glaze, Justice.

On June 25, 1991, appellant was arrested for burglary and charged with the crime the next day. He was convicted by jury for breaking or entering on August 20, 1992, and sentenced to fifteen years under the Habitual Offender Statute. On appeal, appellant argues three points for reversal.

First, appellant urges that Faulkner County Circuit Judge David Reynolds had no authority to preside over five pretrial hearings or appellant’s trial. The events appellant mentions in support of his argument begin with Faulkner County Circuit/Chancery Judge Watson Villines’ initial pretrial…