LONG v. STATE

No. 4632.

233 S.W.2d 237 (1950)

LONG v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied November 13, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred M. Pickens, Jr., and Andrew G. Ponder, Newport, Harry L. Ponder, Jr., Walnut Ridge, for appellant.

Ike Murry, Atty. Gen., Jeff Duty, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


GRIFFIN SMITH, Chief Justice.

Jess J. Long, while serving as a police officer at Batesville, shot and killed Tom Williamson. His plea of self-defense was rejected by a jury that found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter. A penitentiary term of three years was assessed and the defendant has appealed.

The motion for a new trial, in addition to formal assignments and a contention that there should have been an instructed verdict of not guilty, urges error by...

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