FINLEY v. STATE

No. 5006.

343 S.W.2d 787 (1961)

Herbert FINLEY, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 13, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Hugh Wharton, El Dorado, for appellant.

J. Frank Holt, Atty. Gen., by Jack Holt, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


HARRIS, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Herbert Finley, Jr., was charged jointly with Arthur Hinton with the crime of Murder in the Second Degree, the Information alleging that they murdered J. C. Meeks on July 2, 1960, by stabbing him to death. On September 27, 1960 (the date of the trial), Finley filed a motion asking that he be granted a severance and a separate trial. The motion was denied by the court, and the case tried. The jury found Finley guilty of the crime of...

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