WESTON v. STATE

No. CR77-238.

576 S.W.2d 705 (1979)

Joseph H. WESTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas (Independence County Grand Jury), Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied April 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Weston, pro se.

Bill Clinton, Atty. Gen., by James E. Smedley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


STEPHEN A. MATTHEWS, Special Chief Justice:

Appellant seeks relief in this Court from an indictment returned against him by an Independence County Grand Jury charging him with four counts of perjury. A brief statement of the factual background follows.

Appellant, the editor and publisher of a Sharp County newspaper, published an article in the September 19, 1977 issue of his paper alleging the existence of a prostitution ring, and other vice operations and...

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