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HUTCHERSON v. STATE

No. CR76-177.

558 S.W.2d 156 (1977)

Larry Ray HUTCHERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, In Banc.

December 12, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Thweatt, Hazen, for appellant.

Bill Clinton, Atty. Gen. by Joseph H. Purvis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

HICKMAN, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a Monroe County Circuit Court conviction sentencing Larry Ray Hutcherson to life imprisonment without parole for the capital murder of Ron Brooks—an Arkansas state policeman.

Just before noon on February 27, 1975, three men escaped from the Monroe County jail in Clarendon. The victim, Ron Brooks, chased the escapees into an alley in Clarendon, fired his gun and ordered them to stop. One of the escapees...

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