Thomas v. State

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

At 10:30 on the night of August 31, 1982, Dearl Durham drove his car into Allsopp Park in mid Little Rock, parked, got out, and walked into some nearby woods to urinate. While standing there, he felt a knife at his throat. The knife was wielded by someone standing behind him and was held with sufficient pressure to cut his throat. The attacker then moved directly in front of him, demanded his money, and stabbed him in the stomach. Durham identified the appellant, Clifton Eddie Thomas, as the person who stabbed him. Two of appellant’s accomplices suddenly appeared and…