Reed v. State

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

Anthony Reed was convicted of the burglary and robbery of Jennie Caswell. He was sentenced to thirty years on each count, to be served consecutively. Reed appeals, arguing that his arrest was illegal and that his subsequent confession was tainted thereby and inadmissible. We affirm.

After Reed was arrested for Caswell’s robbery, he confessed to that crime as well as several others. His conviction for one of those crimes has already come to us on appeal and we affirmed. Reed v. State, 280 Ark. 316, 657 S.W.2d 557 (1983). There, as here, the trial court held that there…