RHEA v. STATE

No. 4843.

291 S.W.2d 505 (1956)

Sewell RHEA, Petitioner, v. STATE of Arkansas, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 18, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Coffelt, Little Rock, for petitioner.

Tom Gentry, Atty. Gen., Thorp Thomas, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This is a petition filed by Sewell Rhea, a sixteen-year-old boy, for a writ of certiorari to quash a circuit court order by which Sewell was found to be in contempt of court and was sentenced to serve 100 days in the county jail. The question is whether the petitioner, as a witness in the court below, was entitled to refuse to testify on the ground of self-incrimination. Ark.Const, art. 2, § 8. Petitioner also relies on the similar...

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