WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. CR 94-470.

887 S.W.2d 530 (1994)

318 Ark. 846

Desoto WILLIAMS Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 5, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jan Thornton, El Dorado, for appellant.

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


GLAZE, Justice.

Desoto Williams was charged with four felonies alleged to have occurred in 1993. On January 10, 1994, Williams was convicted by jury on all four counts. On appeal, Williams's sole argument is that, in sentencing him, the trial court erroneously employed Arkansas's new bifurcated sentencing laws, Ark.Code Ann. §§ 5-4-103 (Repl. 1993) and 16-97-103 (Supp.1993).1 Both of these statutes became effective January 1...

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