JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 5461.

450 S.W.2d 564 (1970)

Roy Raymond JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 2, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold L. King, Little Rock, for appellant.

Joe Purcell, Atty. Gen, Don Langston, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


HOLT, Justice.

Appellant was sentenced in 1963 to life imprisonment for the crime of rape. Pursuant to our Criminal Procedure Rule No. 1 appellant, through court appointed counsel, has now petitioned the trial court to vacate his life sentence. In written findings of fact and conclusions of law the court denied the petition.

Appellant contends that his incriminating oral admissions were involuntary and, therefore, were inadmissible in evidence. Appellant testified...

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