COSTON v. STATE

No. CR 84-52.

680 S.W.2d 107 (1984)

284 Ark. 144

John David COSTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 3, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boswell, Smith & Clardy by Ted Boswell, Bryant, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Velda West Vanderbilt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


PURTLE, Justice.

The trial court denied appellant's request for Rule 37 relief on a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Four specific and one catchall grounds are argued on appeal. None of them amounts to prejudicial grounds requiring reversal of the decision of trial court.

The first argument is that the trial counsel was ineffective by failing to object to certain hearsay evidence thereby preventing argument on appeal that the evidence was...

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