RAYBURN v. STATE

No. 5175.

398 S.W.2d 909 (1966)

Elmo RAYBURN, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 14, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shaver, Tackett & Jones, Texarkana, for appellant.

Bruce Bennett, Atty. Gen, by R. E. "Skip" Wallin and Fletcher Jackson, Asst. Attys. Gen, Little Rock, for appellee.


WARD, Justice.

Appellant, charged with murder in the First Degree for killing Frankie Shipp, was convicted of murder in the Second Degree and given a sentence of twenty years in the penitentiary.

The jury's verdict was based entirely upon circumstantial evidence. For a reversal appellant urges only one point—there is no substantial evidence to sustain the jury verdict.

Appellant and Shipp lived as close neighbors within a deer hunting area....

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