Courtney v. State

Conley Byrd, Justice.

Following the reversal of appellant Robert Courtney’s conviction in Courtney v. State, 252 Ark. 620, 480 S.W. 2d 351 (1972), appellant was again put to trial in Poinsett County. At that trial appellant represented himself with the assistance of Attorney John R. Henry whom the court appointed to help in an advisory capacity. When the jury was unable to agree, the court declared a mistrial. Thereafter, a motion for change of venue was made and granted. When the matter came up for trial in the Osceola District of Mississippi County, a hegotiated plea of 25 years suspended…