Linell v. State

Steele Hays, Justice.

This is an appeal brought by Carl Linell from a conviction for the capital murder of Charles and Louise Misho and the attempted capital murder of Austin Patterson, who survived a bullet wound to the stomach. All three were shot with a small caliber weapon around 7:00 p.m. on January 12, 1983 during the commission of an aggrevated robbery outside the 79 Bar and Grill in Pine Bluff.

Five days later Carl Linell, Carvin Thompson and Mamie Guy Curry were charged with the crimes. Thompson entered into a plea agreement for a sentence of life without parole and agreed to testify…