Lewis v. State

Melvin Mayfield, Judge.

John L. Lewis was charged with the aggravated robbery of a convenience store on June 21, 1986. He was convicted by a jury of robbery and sentenced as a habitual offender to thirty years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. On appeal he argues that the trial court erred in denying him the opportunity to ask a witness whether she had made a prior inconsistent statement; in informing the jury, during the sentencing stage of the trial, of the punishment imposed for his previous convictions; and in denying his request for a jury admonishment when the prosecutor…