COMBS v. STATE

No. Cr 80-104.

606 S.W.2d 61 (1980)

Earnest Lee COMBS, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied November 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Alvin Schay, State Appellate Defender by Deborah Davies Cross, Deputy State Appellate Defender, Little Rock, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by Mary Davies Scott, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


STROUD, Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of being a felon in possession of a firearm and sentenced to five years' imprisonment. He appeals, alleging that the trial court should have granted a mistrial due to the prosecutor's misconduct, should have excluded proof of the nature of his prior felony, and should have suppressed the firearm from introduction into evidence. We find no reversible error and affirm the conviction.

On March 29, 1979, two officers...

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