# Smith v. State

> Supreme Court of Arkansas · April 11, 1983 · 279 Ark. 68

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7822346

## Case

- **Full name:** Lawrence SMITH v. STATE of Arkansas
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Arkansas
- **Decided:** April 11, 1983
- **Citations:** 279 Ark. 68; 648 S.W.2d 490; 1983 Ark. LEXIS 1353
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Hickman
- **Judges:** Hickman, Holt
- **Cited by:** 9 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## Opinion text

Darrell Hickman, Justice, concurring. This case should be compared to the case of Roberts v. State, 278 Ark. 550 , 648 S.W.2d 44 (1983); a case which is inexplicably ignored by the majority. Here there is no question that the statement was admitted as substantive evidence and not for purposes of impeachment. Therefore, the fact the statement was read to the jury is irrelevant. If it had been used to impeach, it could have been read. Ark. Stat. Ann. § 28-1001, Rule 613.

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