Opinion ID: 2429686
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: general comment

Text: This is a capital murder case where the appellant received a sentence of life without parole. The record before us is over 1,700 pages. The appellant raises seven points for reversal, four of which concern voir dire. Yet, he abstracts only one page of voir dire colloquy. Indeed, his abstract of the trial totals only 17 pages. The State has filed a 222 page supplemental abstract in an effort to salvage this appeal. We underscore the obvious which is that the State is the opposing party to the appellant. Had the State moved for compliance with Ark.Sup.Ct.R. 4-3(h), we would have granted the motion to direct compliance and sent the case back for abstracting. We have done so recently on two motions filed by the State. See State v. Wedger, CR 93-408 (granted September 13, 1993); State v. Early, CR 93-189 (granted September 13, 1993).