Harris v. State

George Rose Smith, Justice.

Theotis Maxwell and the appellant Lee Otis Harris were jointly charged with the first-degree murder of Ellis Robb. In separate trials both defendants were found guilty and were sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Maxwell’s conviction was upheld last month. Maxwell v. State, 259 Ark. 86, 531 S.W. 2d 468 (1976). Harris now argues three points for the reversal of his conviction.

First, defense counsel, in asserting that prosecution by information rather than by indictment is unconstitutional, concedes with candor that we have consistently rejected that…