DUNCAN v. STATE

No. CR79-122.

588 S.W.2d 432 (1979)

Harold Webster DUNCAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, In Banc.

October 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Achor, Public Defender by William H. Patterson, Jr., Chief Appellate Atty., Deputy Public Defender, Little Rock, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Joseph H. Purvis, Deputy Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


PURTLE, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of four separate counts of aggravated robbery. Since he had three prior felony convictions, he was sentenced to four life sentences to run consecutively.

On appeal it is urged that the trial court erred in refusing to direct a verdict on two counts and that the four consecutive life sentences were an abuse of discretion and amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.

The sentences were individually within the...

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