TILLMAN v. STATE

No. 5676.

475 S.W.2d 529 (1972)

Cornelius TILLMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 31, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis W. Rosteck, Little Rock, for appellant.

Ray Thornton, Atty. Gen., Henry Ginger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


BYRD, Justice.

Under Ark.Stat.Ann. § 43-1922 (Repl. 1964) a defendant put to trial upon an offense punishable by either death or life imprisonment is entitled to 12 peremptory challenges. Appellant Cornelius Tillman was put to trial upon a charge of first degree rape. After he had used up eight peremptory challenges, the trial court ruled that, because the State had waived the death penalty, appellant had exhausted his peremptory challenges. This was error.<...

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