The appeal was based on the trial court’s failure to exclude an alleged accomplice’s testimony from consideration when making its ruling. Ark. Code. Ann. 16-89-111(e)(1)(a) states that before a conviction can be had on the testimony of an accomplice, there must be corroborating evidence tending to connect the defendant with the commission of the crime.
The Arkansas Appeal court agreed that there was scant or no evidence connecting my client to the commission of the crime.
You can read the opinion here.
The case was tried at the level by Bill Lewellen and myself.
The local paper, The Evening Times, reported on the story here.
