Seale v. State

Although agreeing with the majority that the trial court should not have made the remark upon which this reversal is based, I do not think that prejudicial error was committed.

This is not a case wherein the court, over and over, showed impatience, or clearly conveyed the impression that it did not consider particular evidence offered by the defendant as relevant or important. The majority cite three cases, Fuller v. State, 217 Ark. 679, 232 S. W. 2d 988, McMillan v. State, 229 Ark. 249, 314 S. W. 2d 483, and Hearn v. State, 211 Ark. 233, 200 S. W. 2d 513.

In Fuller the trial court was critical…