Adams v. State

Frank Holt, Justice.

Following our reversal in Adams v. State, 263 Ark. 536, 566 S.W.2d 387 (1978), a jury found appellant guilty of aggravated robbery and theft and assessed his punishment at 25 years and 7 years respectively as a habitual offender. We affirm.

We first consider appellant’s contention, through court appointed counsel, that the court erred in allowing the state to substitute an expert fingerprint witness the day before trial because of the unexpected illness of the scheduled expert witness. The state had tried to immediately notify appellant’s counsel. The trial court denied…