TILLMAN v. STATE

No. 4883.

307 S.W.2d 886 (1957)

John "Fifteen" TILLMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 23, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virgil Roach Moncrief and John W. Moncrief, Stuttgart, for appellant.

Bruce Bennett, Atty. Gen, and Thorp Thomas, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


HARRIS, Chief Justice.

Appellant, John "Fifteen" Tillman, was indicted by the Grand Jury of Arkansas County (Northern District) for the crime of murder in the second degree, it being alleged that Tillman feloniously shot and killed one Madison Mayfield. On trial of the case, Tillman pleaded self-defense, contending that Mayfield was attacking him with a knife at the time of the shooting. Appellant was found guilty of voluntary...

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