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HATLEY v. STATE

No. CR 85-192.

709 S.W.2d 812 (1986)

289 Ark. 130

Benny Ray HATLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 27, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe N. Peacock, McCrory, Robert F. Meurer, Searcy, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Clint Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

HAYS, Justice.

On July 13, 1984 the Chief of Police and a patrolman for the City of Cotton Plant, Arkansas, were shot and killed while investigating the theft of a motorcycle. At 4:00 a.m. on the 14th appellant Benny Hatley was arrested in Des Arc for those murders. He was taken to the Des Arc police station where he later gave a statement admitting shooting the two officers. Hatley was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole on each charge of...

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