DILLARD v. STATE

No. CR 81-118.

629 S.W.2d 291 (1982)

Leon DILLARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 15, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williams & Williams by Wayne R. Williams, Arkadelphia, for appellant.

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


HICKMAN, Justice.

The narrow issue in this case is whether the appellant waived his right to a lawyer before he gave an incriminating statement. Leon Dillard, the appellant and city treasurer of Glenwood, Arkansas, was suspected of stealing city funds. On February 28, 1980, several law enforcement officials met with Dillard and informed him that he was suspected of theft. He signed a form acknowledging that he had received the Miranda warnings and later signed...

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