Lee v. State

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

John Russell Lee was convicted of manufacturing a controlled substance and sentenced to 40 years imprisonment and a $75,000 fine.

Lee, a former Drew County resident, returned to Arkansas after living in California. He and his stepson, Allan Pavatt, spent the night of July 2, 1986 alone at Lee’s sister’s house in Collins, Arkansas. The state proved to the jury’s satisfaction that the men set up a laboratory in the bathroom of the house to manufacture methamphetamine. Evidently, a toxic glue was employed to repair a flask used in the manufacturing process. As the…