Clackler v. State

KENNEDY, Justice.

We granted certiorari review in order to determine whether the trial court’s ruling on the State’s motion to consolidate was properly before the Court of Criminal Appeals on appeal and, if it was, to determine whether the trial court committed reversible error in entering that order, which violated Rule 15.4(b), A.R.Crim.P.Temp.

The defendant, Debra Joyce Clackler, was arrested, along with Owen Cooper, for the murder of Raybon Clackler. On November 17, 1989, the trial court entered an order setting the trial date for June 5, 1990. The trial court also ordered that all motions…