RUSSEY v. STATE

No. CR 74-118.

519 S.W.2d 751 (1975)

Millard RUSSEY and Willie Way, Jr., Appellants, v. STATE of Arkansas.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied March 10, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Acchione & King, Little Rock, for Millard Russey.

McArthur & Lofton, Little Rock, for Willie Way, Jr.

Jim Guy Tucker, Atty. Gen., by Gary Isbell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


HOLT, Justice.

The appellants were found guilty of murder in the first degree by a jury which assessed their punishment at life imprisonment in the Department of Correction. We first consider Russey's appeal. He contends for reversal that it was error to admit his confession into evidence because it was secured by coercion and duress and, therefore, was involuntary. He also argues that the state failed to produce all material witnesses connected with the asserted...

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