Kenneth Hinton, Appellant v. State of Arkansas, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed Hinton’s convictions, holding that the retrial occurred within the applicable speedy-trial period because the period attributable to Hinton’s continuance was excluded. It also held that requiring Hinton to wear prison clothing did not deprive him of a fair trial because the charged offenses were committed while he was incarcerated, making his incarceration apparent to the jury and eliminating prejudice. Justice Josephine Linker Hart, concurring in part and dissenting in part, agreed with the speedy-trial ruling but would have reversed the prison-garb ruling as a Fourteenth Amendment violation.