Conway v. State

Andree Layton Roaf, Judge.

Detric L. Conway appeals his conviction in a Garland County jury trial of theft by receiving property worth over $500. He received a thirty-year sentence in the Arkansas Department of Correction as an habitual offender. On appeal, Conway raises two arguments: 1) the trial court erred in admitting his statement to police that he owned the vehicle he was driving, in violation of his Miranda rights; and 2) the use of AMCI 3605 in instructing the jury violated his right not to testify and conflicted with AMCI 111. We affirm.

On April 2, 1997, Officer Paul Norris of the…