WEEMS v. ANDERSON

No. CR 74-114.

516 S.W.2d 895 (1974)

Sam WEEMS and Doyle Owen, Petitioners, v. John ANDERSON, Special Judge of 17th Judicial Circuit, Prairie County, Arkansas, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reinberger, Eilbott, Smith & Staten, Pine Bluff, for petitioners.

Jim Guy Tucker, Atty. Gen., and O. H. Hargraves, Deputy Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for respondent.


LeROY AUTREY, Special Justice.

On August 20, 1973, Sammy A. Weems, the prosecuting attorney for the 17th Judicial District, reported to Circuit Judge W. M. Lee of that District that the investigation of an alleged crime of arson in the burning of the home of Doyle Owen in Prairie County had implicated the prosecuting attorney and requested that the Court convene a grand jury to investigate the matter. This report by Weems was made just before the commencement of a...

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