RICHARDS v. STATE

No. CR 82-162.

650 S.W.2d 566 (1983)

279 Ark. 219

Wayne RICHARDS, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lessenberry & Carpenter by Thomas M. Carpenter, Little Rock, for appellant.

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


ADKISSON, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Wayne Richards, was convicted by a jury of first degree murder and was sentenced by the Hempstead County Circuit Court to 40 years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. On appeal we affirm.

About 7:00 p.m. on January 6, 1982, the victim's body was found on the freeway in Hempstead County a few miles outside of Prescott. The facts leading up to the murder are as follows: Appellant and the victim, who was female, had been...

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