Case Name: Cornelius TILLMAN v. STATE of Arkansas
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1972-01-31
Citations: 251 Ark. 896
Docket Number: 5676
Parties: Cornelius TILLMAN v. STATE of Arkansas
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 251
Pages: 896–897

Head Matter:
Cornelius TILLMAN v. STATE of Arkansas
5676
475 S.W. 2d 529
Opinion delivered January 31, 1972
Louis W. Rosteck, for appellant.
Ray Thornton, Attorney General; Henry Ginger, Deputy A tty. Gen., for appellee.

Opinion:
Conley Byrd, Justice.
Under Ark. Stat. Ann. § 43-1922 (Repl. 1964) a defendant put to trial upon an offense punishable by either death or life imprisonment is entitled to 12 peremptory challenges. Appellant Cornelius Tillman was put to trial upon a charge of first degree rape. After he had used up eight peremptory challenges, the trial court ruled that, because the State had waived the death penalty, appellant had exhausted his peremptory challenges. This was error.
Reversed.