Strickland v. State

909 S.W.2d 318 (1995)

322 Ark. 312

Kenneth STRICKLAND, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. CR 94-879.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 6, 1995.

James P. Clouette, Little Rock, for appellant.

J. Brent Standridge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

NEWBERN, Justice.

This case was certified to us by the Arkansas Court of Appeals as one involving a legal principle of major importance. We accepted the certification with a view toward clarifying the requirements in our rules with respect to whether a defendant in a criminal trial conducted by a judge without a jury must apprise the…