BURKS v. STATE

No. CR 87-75.

738 S.W.2d 399 (1987)

293 Ark. 374

Larry Wayne BURKS, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 26, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Simpson, Jr., Public Defender, Deborah Sallings, Thomas B. Devine, Deputy Public Defenders, Little Rock, for appellant.

J. Brent Standridge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


PURTLE, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of capital murder and aggravated robbery. The trial court merged the robbery with the capital murder conviction and sentenced the appellant to a term of life imprisonment without parole. On appeal the appellant argues that all of his statements as well as their fruit, a handgun, should have been suppressed because the statements were made after he was "seized" without probable cause. We hold that there was probable cause...

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