Coones v. State

Frank Holt, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of two counts of negligent homicide, fined $1,000 on each count and sentenced to two seven month prison terms which were to run consecutively. The Court of Appeals reduced his sentence to one year. Coones v. State, No. CR 82-86 (Ark. App. Nov. 4, 1981). A few days after the appellant was remanded to the custody of the local sheriff and began serving his sentence in the local jail, he became seriously ill and was removed by ambulance to a hospital in an adjoining county. After two days in the hospital, the sheriff, after consultation with a…