RODE v. STATE

No. CR 81-49.

625 S.W.2d 469 (1981)

David RODE, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dave Wisdom Harrod, Heber Springs, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by Alice Ann Burns, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


DUDLEY, Justice.

Appellant David Rode was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife Denise Rode. We affirm.

Shortly after midnight on August 19, 1980, appellant drove to a service station in Conway and, in an emotional state, told a witness that ten minutes previously his wife and four-week-old child had been the victims of a hit and run accident. He stated that the accident occurred on the interstate highway while he was changing a tire on his...

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