HARGETT v. STATE

No. 5037.

357 S.W.2d 533 (1962)

Lynn Boyd HARGETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 28, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claude F. Cooper, Blytheville, for appellant.

J. Frank Holt, Atty. Gen., by Russell J. Wools, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of burglary and grand larceny and sentenced to imprisonment for nine years. In seeking a reversal of the judgment he questions the admissibility of his confession.

It is first suggested that the confession should have been excluded because there is no other evidence connecting the accused with the crimes. This is immaterial. An extra-judicial confession is sufficient to support a conviction if there is...

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