BURTON v. STATE

No. CR 95-1234.

937 S.W.2d 634 (1997)

327 Ark. 65

Willie BURTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 21, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc Honey, Hot Springs, for Appellant.

Winston Bryant, Attorney General, Kent G.Holt, Assistant Attorney General, Little Rock, for Appellee.


BROWN, Justice.

Following a bench trial, appellant Willie Burton was convicted of aggravated assault and felon-in-possession-of-a-firearm. He was sentenced to a term of ten years with five suspended on the first charge and to a ten-year suspended sentence on the second charge. His two points on appeal concern the validity of his waiver of a jury trial and the admissibility of evidence relating to a previous conviction for forgery and to prior bad acts. The case was...

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