McPEACE v. STATE

No. 5532.

462 S.W.2d 212 (1971)

Clarence McPEACE and Mattie Carter, Appellants, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied February 15, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. W. "Pete" Wiggins, Little Rock, for appellants.

Joe Purcell, Atty. Gen., Milton Lueken, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


HOLT, Justice.

Appellants were charged by information with first degree murder. The charge was later reduced to second degree murder. A jury having been waived, the trial court found appellants guilty of manslaughter and imposed on each a two-year sentence in the State Penitentiary. From that judgment comes this appeal which challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support appellants' convictions. In deciding this issue,

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