BLANTON v. STATE

No. 5448.

458 S.W.2d 373 (1970)

Kenneth Ray BLANTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 12, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor Hlavinka, Texarkana, Tex., Richard S. Arnold, Texarkana, Ark., and Morris S. Arnold, London, England, for appellant.

Joe Purcell, Atty. Gen., Sam Gibson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


JONES, Justice.

Kenneth Ray Blanton was convicted of first degree murder in the Miller County Circuit Court and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He has appealed to this court and has designated 18 points on which he relies for reversal. All of the points allege error in law, so we only state the facts necessary for consideration of the assigned errors in the order presented.

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