JENKINS v. STATE

No. 4754.

261 S.W.2d 784 (1953)

JENKINS v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied November 23, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Creektnore Wallace, Pryor, Oklahoma, O. Byrum Hurst, Hot Springs, for appellant.

Tom Gentry, Atty. Gen., Thorp Thomas, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


MILLWEE, Justice.

Appellant Bill Jenkins was charged and convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of Cleo Jones, a 16 year old girl, on February 17, 1952. The jury fixed his punishment at death. At the close of the evidence of the state and at the conclusion of all the testimony, appellant by proper motions challenged the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict. It is now earnestly insisted that the state failed to prove premeditation and...

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