FAUNA v. STATE

No. CR79-27.

582 S.W.2d 18 (1979)

Donald Paul FAUNA, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, Division 2.

June 11, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Dabney, Fayetteville, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Robert J. De-Gostin, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


HOLT, Justice.

Following a jury trial, appellant was sentenced to 14 years for robbery and 8 additional years for the jse of a firearm. For reversal he contends that the court unduly restricted his voir dire examination of the jurors. We must agree.

The scope of voir dire examination by counsel is largely within the sound judicial discretion of the trial court, and his limitation of that examination...

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