Rush v. State

Lyle Brown, Justice.

Appellant was found guilty of assault with intent to kill. When the prosecuting witness completed her direct examination she was asked if she had made a statement to police officers and she answered in the affirmative. Thereupon counsel for appellant asked that the prosecuting attorney furnish appellant’s counsel with a copy of the statement. The request was refused and appellant contends the State, in failing to comply with Ark. Stat. Ann. § 43-2011.3 (Supp. 1971), committed reversible error.

The statute to which we refer comes from Acts 1971 Act 381. The section is…