Gruzen v. State

591 S.W.2d 342 (1979)

John Elliott GRUZEN, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. CR77-111.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 17, 1979.

Rehearing Denied January 21, 1980.

Lessenberry & Carpenter, Little Rock, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by Dennis R. Molock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

FOGLEMAN, Justice.

John Elliott Gruzen was convicted of the capital felony murder of Dana Diane Mize. The jury fixed his sentence at life imprisonment without parole. He has chosen to argue four points for reversal. We will first consider those and later examine other objections to…