Charles Alan Rickman v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed Rickman’s convictions and sentences, holding that his custodial confession was admissible because he initiated renewed contact with police after previously invoking his right to counsel. It also upheld the refusal to give a lesser-degree kidnapping instruction and a sentencing-recommendation instruction, and held that the circuit court could not accept Rickman’s guilty plea over the State’s objection.