Darrell Napoleon Dennis, Appellant v. State of Arkansas, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed Dennis's convictions and sentences, holding that he did not unequivocally invoke his right to self-representation, that a deceased witness's prior suppression-hearing testimony was admissible under the former-testimony hearsay exception and did not violate confrontation rights, and that he failed to show an actual conflict of interest or resulting prejudice from appointed counsel. The court also found no reversible error on its mandatory review of the record. Justice Josephine Linker Hart, dissenting, would have held that the circuit court improperly thwarted Dennis's unequivocal desire to represent himself and would have reversed and remanded.