Pride v. State

Petitioner was found guilty by a jury of aggravated robbery and sentenced to a term of ten years imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction. The Court of Appeals affirmed. Pride v. State, CACR 83-190 (June 6, 1984). Petitioner now seeks to proceed in circuit court pursuant to Criminal Procedure Rule 37.

After the State had rested its case, the trial judge told the jury:

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, we are going to follow a little different procedure than we normally do because it is getting fairly close to the noon hour and I’ve been pressed into last minute service to make a…