Griffin v. State

Steele Hays, Justice.

This is the second appeal of appellant’s conviction of class A felony kidnapping (Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-1702) and his sentencing pursuant to the Arkansas habitual offender statute (Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-1001 [Repl. 1977]). Appellant was sentenced in a bifurcated trial to 25 years. In the first appeal, Griffin v. State, 2 Ark. App. 145, 617 S.W.2d 21 (1981), the Court of Appeals found the evidence sufficient to support the conviction but held the punishment should have been imposed under the class C felony provision rather than the class A provision. Ark. Stat. Ann. §…