REED v. STATE

No. CR73-99.

498 S.W.2d 877 (1973)

Mahlon Douglas REED, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

September 17, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry S. Wilson, Trumann, for appellant.

Jim Guy Tucker, Atty. Gen., by James W. Atkins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

Reed was convicted of burglary and grand larceny and was sentenced to 15 years in prison upon each charge. For reversal he contends that his confession should not have been admitted in evidence, because the officers who obtained the confession did not fully inform him of his constitutional rights.

That contention must be sustained. Before questioning Reed one of the officers read a statement of rights from a printed form, which...

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