Harris v. State

Lyle Brown, Justice.

Appellant Albert Harris received a death sentence in April 1963. That sentence was here affirmed in Trotter and Harris v. State, 237 Ark. 820, 377 S. W. 2d 14 (1964). Certiorari was denied by the United States Supreme Court. Shortly thereafter, Jackson v. Denno, 378 U. S. 368 (1964) held that Jackson’s case should be remanded because the same jury passed on both his guilt and the voluntariness of his confession. On the strength of that pronouncement in Denno-, Harris filed a petition in the United States District Court, alleging error because the record in his trial showed…