Smith v. State

Cite as

2014 Ark. 204

SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CV-13-1115 Opinion Delivered May 8, 2014 MELVIN SMITH APPEAL FROM THE LINCOLN APPELLANT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT [NO. LCV-2013-82-5] V. HONORABLE JODI RAINES DENNIS, JUDGE STATE OF ARKANSAS APPELLEE AFFIRMED. JOSEPHINE LINKER HART, Associate Justice A Pulaski County judgment dated November 30, 1977, states that a jury “returned a verdict of Guilty of Murder I and Burglary” against appellant Melvin Smith “with punishment fixed at life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary on Murder I and six years’ imprisonment in the State Penitentiary on…