DAVIS v. STATE

No. 5652.

475 S.W.2d 155 (1972)

Billy Ray DAVIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 17, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd J. Lofton and Richard L. Mays, Little Rock, for appellant.

Ray Thornton, Atty. Gen., Gene O'Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


BROWN, Justice.

Appellant Billy Ray Davis appeals from a conviction of murder in the first degree for which he received a sentence of life imprisonment. He contends that the court erred (1) in instructing on first degree murder and (2) in refusing to grant a continuance.

On the night of March 10, 1971, Kenneth Pederson, in company with Doyle Randy Burleson, attended a basketball game at Barton Coliseum in Little Rock. As the two men left after the game they...

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