Mullins v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is taken from a murder conviction wherein the jury assessed the punishment at life.

At the outset, we are confronted with the most serious question in the case — the in troduction, at the penalty stage of the trial, over objection, of a portion of a prison packet from the State of Arkansas to show appellant’s “prior criminal record.” Appellant contends that one of the instruments in the packet, entitled “a summary,” contained details of offenses which resulted in his Arkansas convictions for burglary and grand larceny; the fact that he stole a car…