Case Name: Johnny Austin BENTON v. STATE of Arkansas
Court: Arkansas Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1995-06-28
Citations: 50 Ark. App. 90
Docket Number: CA CR 94-699
Parties: Johnny Austin BENTON v. STATE of Arkansas
Judges: Robbins and Mayfield, JJ„ dissent.
Reporter: Arkansas Appellate Reports
Volume: 50
Pages: 90–92

Head Matter:
Johnny Austin BENTON v. STATE of Arkansas
CA CR 94-699
901 S.W.2d 858
Court of Appeals of Arkansas En Banc
Opinion delivered June 28, 1995
Edgar R. Thompson, Public Defender, for appellant.
Winston Bryant, Att’y Gen., by: J. Brent Standridge, Asst. Att’y Gen., for appellee.

Opinion:
James R. Cooper, Judge.
The appellant in this criminal case was tried on February 2, 1994, found guilty of theft, and sentenced as an habitual offender to twenty years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. From that decision, comes this appeal.
For reversal, the appellant contends that his trial counsel was ineffective. We do not reach this issue because it is not preserved for appeal.
The appellant failed to raise the issue of ineffective assistance in the trial court, and the record has consequently not been developed on that issue. Because ineffective assistance of counsel may not be raised on direct appeal unless the issue has been considered by the trial court, Sumlin v. State, 319 Ark. 312, 891 S.W.2d 375 (1995), we will not address it for the first time on appeal.
Affirmed.
Robbins and Mayfield, JJ" dissent.