DERRING v. STATE

No. CR 80-241.

619 S.W.2d 644 (1981)

Kenneth Lee DERRING, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Alvin Schay, State Appellate Defender by Linda Faulkner Boone, Deputy Appellate Defender, Little Rock, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Leslie M. Powell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


HOLT, Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of capital murder, Ark.Stat.Ann. § 41-1501 (Repl.1977), and sentenced to life without parole. Hence this appeal.

Appellant first asserts that the court erred in denying his motion to dismiss the information pursuant to the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act. Ark.Stat. Ann. § 43-3201 (Repl.1977). Appellant was charged in August, 1978, with the alleged offense while he was incarcerated in a federal...

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