Case Name: Craig BURKHALTER v. STATE of Arkansas
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1997-05-12
Citations: 328 Ark. 533
Docket Number: CR 96-278
Parties: Craig BURKHALTER v. STATE of Arkansas
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 328
Pages: 533–534

Head Matter:
Craig BURKHALTER v. STATE of Arkansas
CR 96-278
943 S.W.2d 604
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered May 12, 1997
Petitioner, pro se.
No response.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Craig Burkhalter was convicted of murder and is now serving a life imprisonment sentence in the Department of Correction. He filed a notice of appeal and has filed a petition, accompanied by an affidavit of indigency, to be allowed to appeal as an indigent appellant and for appointment of an attorney to represent him.
The petition is granted. John I. Purtle is appointed to represent Mr. Burkhalter on appeal.