NELSON v. STATE

No. CR 81-30.

622 S.W.2d 188 (1981)

Johnny Lee NELSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray Baxter, Benton, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Arnold M. Jochums, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


HICKMAN, Justice.

The only issue in this case is the trial court's decision that the State could use a witness when it failed to comply with a pretrial discovery request under Rules of Crim. Proc., Rule 17.1. The court was wrong and the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial.

The defense filed a routine pretrial discovery request and the parties concede that the State failed to furnish the defense with the name of Sharon West as a State...

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