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BURNETT v. STATE

No. CR 89-220.

790 S.W.2d 137 (1990)

302 Ark. 279

Robert Lee BURNETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 14, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Sherman, Paul James, Little Rock, for appellant.

Theodore Holder, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

HAYS, Justice.

Robert Lee Burnett was convicted of the beating and stabbing death of Rhonda Dobson, a Brinkley, Arkansas convenience store clerk. Satisfied that an impartial jury could not be impanelled in Monroe County, the trial court granted a change of venue to Cross County, where Burnett was tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Evidence introduced by the state included a confession Burnett gave to the police shortly after his arrest, and the identification...

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