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LEGGETT v. STATE

No. 4901.

311 S.W.2d 521 (1958)

Emmett Earl LEGGETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 31, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Bailey, Little Rock, for appellant.

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

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

A judgment sentencing the appellant to death upon a conviction for murder was affirmed by this court on February 18, 1957. Leggett v. State, 227 Ark. 393, 299 S.W.2d 59. On December 3, 1957, pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform Post-Conviction Procedure Act (Ark.Stats.1947, Title 43, Ch. 31), Leggett filed in the circuit court a petition for a new trial, asserting that at the original trial he had...

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