EZELL v. STATE

No. 4597.

229 S.W.2d 32 (1950)

EZELL v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied May 8, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph E. Wilson and Mitchell D. Moore, Osceola, for appellant.

Ike Murry, Atty. Gen., Robert Downie, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


MILLWEE, Justice.

Appellant, Matthew Ezell, was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree and his punishment fixed at death. He has appealed from the judgment rendered in accordance with the jury's verdict.

The testimony tends to establish the following facts: L. J. Wood lives in the Jacksonville Community in Mississippi County. About 7:30 o'clock Sunday morning, April 24, 1949, Jimmie Wood, son of L. J. Wood, went to his father's pasture to round...

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