PHILLIPS v. STATE

No. 5238.

408 S.W.2d 883 (1966)

L. A. PHILLIPS, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 12, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. M. Coates, and J. Patrick Reilly, Helena, for appellant.

Bruce Bennett, Atty. Gen., Fletcher Jackson, Asst. Atty. General; James C. Wood, Asst. Attys., Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

Charged with having murdered his wife, the appellant was found guilty of manslaughter and was sentenced to two years imprisonment. His principal contention is that the State's proof was not sufficient to support the verdict.

The State's evidence was entirely circumstantial. The accused, his wife, and their nineteen-year-old daughter Linda lived in two rooms at the back of a restaurant operated by the family in Helena. On Tuesday...

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