LOFTON v. STATE

No. CACR 96-188.

944 S.W.2d 131 (1997)

57 Ark.App. 226

Donnie Wayne LOFTON, Appellant. v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division II and III.

May 7, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jan Thornton, El Dorado, for Appellant.

Winston Bryant, Attorney General, Sandy Moll, Assistant Attorney General, Little Rock, for Appellee.


ROAF, Judge.

Donnie Wayne Lofton was convicted in a jury trial of manslaughter for causing the death of the twenty-one-month-old son of his live-in girlfriend, and was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. He raises two points on appeal. He first argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion for directed verdict. He also contends that Judge Sam Pope should have recused and not presided over his trial because Judge Pope had been the prosecuting attorney during...

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