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SCOTT v. STATE

No. CR78-15.

566 S.W.2d 737 (1978)

Adolphous SCOTT, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, In Banc.

June 12, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthews & Sanders, by Roy Gene Sanders, Little Rock, for appellant.

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

HICKMAN, Justice.

Adolphous Scott, Jr. was convicted of capital murder in the Hot Spring County Circuit Court for the killing of Henry Puckett. After a jury trial, Scott was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. He raises ten allegations of error on appeal. We find merit in many of these points and reverse and remand the case.

Scott, who resided in Benton at the time of the killing, had been charged in...

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