TATUM v. STATE

No. CR79-48.

585 S.W.2d 957 (1979)

Larry Dewey TATUM, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, Division 2.

September 17, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry G. James, El Dorado, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Robert J. DeGostin, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


PURTLE, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of burglary in the Union Circuit Court on August 8, 1977, and sentenced to a term of 30 years as a habitual criminal. It was stipulated he had three prior convictions. An in-custody confession by appellant was introduced over his objection, after a Denno hearing. Appellant did not testify at the trial.

It is argued on appeal that the confession was inadmissible because...

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