JOHNSON v. STATE

No. CR 95-427.

934 S.W.2d 179 (1996)

326 Ark. 430

Stacey JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 28, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Hutto, Mary Ellen Vandergrift, Deborah R. Sallings, Little Rock, for Appellant.

Kent Holt, Asst. Attorney General, Little Rock, for Appellee.


BROWN, Justice.

Appellant Stacey Johnson appeals his conviction for capital murder and his sentence of death by lethal injection. He raises multiple bases for reversal, including an assertion that his identification in a photo lineup by the victim's six-year-old daughter was inadmissible hearsay. We agree and reverse the judgment of conviction and remand for a new trial.

Carol Heath was brutally murdered in her duplex apartment in DeQueen on either the night...

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