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BAGLEY v. STATE

No. 5424.

444 S.W.2d 567 (1969)

Emery Berryman BAGLEY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

September 15, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Sharpe and Henry Wilkinson, Forrest City, for appellant.

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

BROWN, Justice.

Appellant Emery Berryman Bagley was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. Bagley and a companion hitchhiked a ride out of Memphis, Tennessee, and their benefactor was fatally shot as the three men drove through St. Francis County. Two written confessions of Bagley were introduced at his trial, both of which implicated him. The State's evidence was clearly sufficient to sustain a first degree murder conviction. However, there were...

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