BROWN v. STATE

No. CR 85-187.

707 S.W.2d 313 (1986)

288 Ark. 517

Sherman Dwight BROWN & Leon Larry Smith, Appellants, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Wesley Hall, Jr., Little Rock, for appellants.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Joel O. Huggins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


HAYS, Justice.

This appeal questions the legality of Ark. Stat.Ann. § 41-2604 (Repl.1977), which permits the state to prove perjury by introducing conflicting statements without having to prove which statement is false.

Appellants, Sherman Dwight Brown and Leon Larry Smith, were first convicted on pleas of guilty to five charges of aggravated robbery and theft by receiving. They later filed motions to withdraw...

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