ADEN v. STATE

No. 5078.

376 S.W.2d 277 (1964)

Joseph Franklin ADEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 9, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. L. Holloway, Corning, for appellant.

Bruce Bennett, Atty. Gen., by Russell J. Wools, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


JOHNSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for voluntary manslaughter. Appellant Joseph Franklin Aden lived on a farm supervised by the deceased, Willis Cole, and had worked for Cole. A day or two before Aden shot Cole, Aden had started picking cotton for a Mr. Collier. The evening of September 18, 1962, Cole with his nephew went to Aden's house where Cole determined, with anger, that Aden was working for Collier and that Aden planned to move from Cole...

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