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        "text": "Donald L. Corbin, Justice.\nAppellant, Michael David Rhea, appeals the judgment of conviction of the Sebastian County Circuit Court sentencing him to forty years\u2019 imprisonment, with imposition of twenty-seven years suspended, and ten years\u2019 imprisonment for the respective charges of possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, Class Y felony, and possession of marijuana with intent to deliver, Class C felony, as provided in Ark. Code Ann. \u00a7 5-64-401 (Supp. 1995). Jurisdiction lies properly within this court pursuant to Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 1-2(a)(2) (as amended by per curiam July 15, 1996).\nAppellant was arrested, along with Billy Lowell Hammons, on March 1, 1995, and subsequently charged with the foregoing felony offenses. Both Appellant and Hammons made motions to suppress the evidence seized by police officers on the theory that the arresting officer had effected an illegal seizure of the two men. After a hearing on the matter, the trial court denied both Appellant\u2019s and Hammons\u2019s suppression motions. Following the trial court\u2019s ruling, Appellant and Hammons entered conditional pleas of nolo contendere to the drug offenses, pursuant to A.R.Cr.P. Rule 24.3, and both subsequently appealed the trial court\u2019s ruling.\nOn appeal, Appellant maintains that the arresting officer effected an illegal seizure of his person and that, as a result, the evidence found during the subsequent search of Appellant and the custodial statement given to police after his arrest must be suppressed as the fruits of an illegal search and seizure. During the suppression hearing below, Appellant did not otherwise challenge the legality or the voluntariness of his custodial statement, nor does he do so on appeal.\nThe facts of this case have been outlined in great detail in the companion case of Hammons v. State, 327 Ark. 520, 940 S.W.2d 424 (1997). The arguments made on appeal by both Appellant and Hammons are identical, and therefore, based upon our reasoning set forth in the Hammons opinion, we similarly affirm the trial court\u2019s judgment of conviction in this case.",
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      "Winston Bryant, Att\u2019y Gen., by: Brad Newman, Asst. Att\u2019y Gen., for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "Michael David RHEA v. STATE of Arkansas\nCR 96-123\n938 S.W.2d 857\nSupreme Court of Arkansas\nOpinion delivered March 10, 1997\nJohn Joplin, for appellant.\nWinston Bryant, Att\u2019y Gen., by: Brad Newman, Asst. Att\u2019y Gen., for appellee."
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