RICHARDSON v. STATE

No. CR 81-87.

625 S.W.2d 504 (1981)

Avery N. RICHARDSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Macom, Moorhead, Green & Henry by J. W. Green, Jr., Stuttgart, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Victra L. Fewell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


PURTLE, Justice.

During the course of appellant's trial for first degree murder the trial court allowed a custodial statement to be introduced into evidence. Appellant appeals his conviction solely on the grounds that the statement should not have been allowed into evidence and resulted in prejudice. We agree with the appellant that the admission of the statement was prejudicial error.

Appellant was taken into custody about 10:00 o'clock on July 9, 1980. He...

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