BIVENS v. STATE

No. 5259.

413 S.W.2d 653 (1967)

Don BIVENS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 17, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pryor & Barnes, Camden, for appellant.

Joe Purcell, Atty. Gen., Don Langston, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


FOGLEMAN, Justice.

Appellant seeks reversal of his conviction of voluntary manslaughter upon the ground that an admission of guilt by appellant was improperly admitted into evidence and that there was no other evidence that tended to prove his guilt.

On the night of the alleged offense, appellant attended a dance at the Lafayette High School gymnasium and while he was there a fight started. The deceased, one James Carpenter, and appellant were watching the...

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