McCROSKEY v. STATE

No. CR 80-151.

608 S.W.2d 7 (1980)

Jerry Hardy McCROSKEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 24, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Alvin Schay, State Appellate Defender by Jack Kearney, Deputy State Appellate Defender, Little Rock, for appellant.

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


FOGLEMAN, Chief Justice.

This is the second appeal in this case. The first appeal was assigned to the Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 29(3) of the Rules of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. That judgment of conviction was reversed because of the admission of the confession of a co-defendant and because of statements of the prosecuting attorney in closing argument focusing attention upon the fact that appellant had failed to take the witness stand. Appellant...

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