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SWINDLER v. STATE

No. CR 79-116.

592 S.W.2d 91 (1979)

John Edward SWINDLER, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 17, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald R. Langston and John W. Steele, Ft. Smith, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by Nelwyn Leone Davis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

HICKMAN, Justice.

John Edward Swindler's first trial for killing Randy Basnett, a Fort Smith police officer acting in the line of duty, was held in February, 1977. He was found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to die by electrocution. His trial was held in Fort Smith, Sebastian County. We reversed that conviction because the court failed to grant a change of venue and because the court failed to excuse three jurors. Swindler v. State, 264 Ark. 107,

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