Pine Bluff Murder Trial Begins Tuesday
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Jury selection is to begin Tuesday in
Pine Bluff in the trial of a man accused of a 1996 slaying.
Cleveland Johnson is charged with first-degree murder for the
death of Danny Smith.
Johnson was charged last year and has pleaded innocent. Smith`s
body was found in a vehicle on December 28th, 1996.
Jefferson County Prosecutor Steve Dalrymple says police worked
on the case for years, and finally had enough evidence so that
charges could be filed. An eyewitness in the case died in a house
fire before the charges could be brought.
