Callaway v. State

Jim Gunter, Justice.

Appellant, Eugene Ray Callaway, ap-

peals the Pulaski County Circuit Court’s ruling excluding the appellant’s wife, Bethany Callaway, during the testimony of her children, Tasha and Tommy Waddell, who were prosecution witnesses. Appellant argues that the exclusion of his wife denied him his right to a public trial in violation of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and article 2, section 10 of the Arkansas Constitution. We affirm the circuit court’s ruling.

On May 12, 2005, Appellant was charged in a ten-count felony information that included two counts of…