PRIDGEON v. STATE

No. CR79-158.

587 S.W.2d 225 (1979)

Joe Edward PRIDGEON, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, Division 1.

October 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald H. Smith, Pine Bluff, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by Catherine Anderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


HICKMAN, Justice.

Following a retrial held pursuant to Pridgeon v. State, 262 Ark. 428, 559 S.W.2d 4 (1977), Joe Edward Pridgeon, the appellant, was convicted under Ark.Stat.Ann. § 82-2617 (Repl.1976) of possessing heroin with the intent to deliver. Because he had been convicted of the same offense before, the appellant was sentenced under Ark.Stat. Ann. § 82-2624 (Repl.1976) to 45 years in prison. On appeal, the...

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