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DUNCAN v. STATE

No. CR 85-228.

726 S.W.2d 653 (1987)

291 Ark. 521

Samuel Davis DUNCAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 23, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Achor & Rosenzweig by: Jeff Rosenzweig, Little Rock, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by: Mary Beth Sudduth, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

HAYS, Justice.

While investigating a disturbance on March 4, 1985, Pine Bluff police officer John Fallis was shot and killed. The next day Samuel Davis Duncan was arrested and charged with the murder of Officer Fallis. Duncan was found guilty of capital felony murder and sentenced to death by lethal injection. He raises numerous points on appeal, two of which require reversal.

The Confession

Duncan insists his confession should have been suppressed...

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