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SUMLIN v. STATE

No. CR 78-217.

617 S.W.2d 372 (1981)

Warren E. SUMLIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 22, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manuel L. Pruitt, Little Rock, for appellant.

Warren Sumlin, pro se.

Len Holt, Berkeley, Cal., for amicus curiae.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Jack W. Dickerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

HICKMAN, Justice.

Warren Sumlin was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. The charge was that he was an accessory to the murder of J. Y. Cooper. Cooper was killed by Warren Sumlin's wife who took Cooper's wallet and vehicle. The vehicle was to be used in an escape that the Sumlins planned.

Sumlin was in the Columbia County jail in the fall of 1977, awaiting extradition to California. While in jail...

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