CAMPBELL v. STATE

No. CR78-106.

571 S.W.2d 597 (1978)

Willie Earl CAMPBELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, In Banc.

October 16, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Langston and John W. Settle, Fort Smith, for appellant.

Bill Clinton, Atty. Gen., by Jesse L. Kearney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

As a result of having shot Tommy Thacker four times the appellant was convicted of first-degree battery and sentenced to 20 years' confinement. As a result of having shot James Lyons one time the appellant was convicted at the same trial of seconddegree battery and sentenced to 3 years' confinement. At the defendant's request the trial court gave him credit for 372 days of jail time, even though, as the court pointed out, approximately...

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