SUTHERLAND v. STATE

No. CR 86-177.

728 S.W.2d 496 (1987)

292 Ark. 103

Jerry Lee SUTHERLAND, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 4, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Simpson, Jr., Public Defender by Steff Padilla, Deputy Public Defender, Little Rock, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by J. Blake Hendrix, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


HOLT, Chief Justice.

At issue in this case is the admissibility of a statement made by appellant, Jerry Lee Sutherland. The statement concerned a burglary and was made while Sutherland was incarcerated on a drug charge and without benefit of counsel, even though an attorney had been appointed for Sutherland with reference to the drug charge. The trial court ruled the statement was admissible. Because of a deficient abstract, we are not able to reach this issue on...

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