NELSON v. STATE

No. CR91-70.

816 S.W.2d 159 (1991)

306 Ark. 456

Hilliard L. NELSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

September 23, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Bunch, Monticello, for appellant.

J. Brent Standridge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


GLAZE, Justice.

Appellant, along with Charles Colbert and Ricky Dillard, was charged with the capital felony murder of Cheryl Franklin. Dillard agreed to be a state's witness, and appellant's case was severed from his codefendants'. Appellant was convicted of the lesser included offense of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.

On appeal, appellant argues that the trial court should have found Dillard an accomplice as a matter...

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