TACKETT v. STATE

No. CR 87-189.

745 S.W.2d 625 (1988)

294 Ark. 609

Thomas TACKETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff Rosenzweig, Little Rock, for appellant.

Clint Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


DUDLEY, Justice.

The appellant contends that the trial court is subjecting him to double jeopardy and denying him a speedy trial and files this petition for a writ of prohibition. We decline to issue the writ.

On March 24, 1983, on U.S. Highway 65 North in the town of Jefferson, appellant drove his van only two to three feet behind a car driven by Lesa Diffee. Nancy House and Denise Barrentine were passengers in the Diffee car. With the front of his van, appellant...

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