Dixon v. State

545 S.W.2d 606 (1977)

Roy Lee DIXON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. CR76-164.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, In Banc.

January 10, 1977.

Kenneth Coffelt, Little Rock, for appellant.

Jim Guy Tucker, Atty. Gen., by Gary Isbell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

At a bifurcated trial the jury first found the appellant, Roy Lee Dixon, guilty of possession of heroin with intent to deliver, as charged. The jury then found Dixon to be a habitual criminal, with three previous felony convictions, and imposed a 40-year sentence. The principal question is whether…