SELLERS v. STATE

No. CR 89-84.

778 S.W.2d 603 (1989)

300 Ark. 280

John W. SELLERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 30, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur L. Allen, Little Rock, for appellant.

Olan W. Reeves, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


NEWBERN, Justice.

This is the second appeal of John W. Sellers who has been twice convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Sellers was charged with capital felony murder with burglary as the underlying felony. At the earlier trial, assault and battery were the offenses the jury was allowed to consider as those Sellers intended to commit upon entry of the victim's dwelling. We held it improper to have allowed the jury to consider...

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