SMITHEY v. STATE

No. CR80-51.

602 S.W.2d 676 (1980)

J. B. SMITHEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied August 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent E. Skillman, Jr., of Skillman & Durrett, West Memphis, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by James F. Dowden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


ALLEN W. BIRD, II, Special Chief Justice.

J. B. Smithey was convicted in Mississippi County Circuit Court of public servant bribery in violation of Section 41-2703 (Ark. Stat.Ann., 1977 Repl.). He was sentenced to serve five years in the state penitentiary. His appeal raises three issues. First, he argues that the trial court should not have allowed the State to introduce tape recordings of conversations between himself and H. P. Cash or himself and John Cash. Second...

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