RILEY v. STATE

No. 5643.

474 S.W.2d 410 (1971)

George RILEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied January 24, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Coffelt, Little Rock, for appellant.

Ray Thornton, Atty. Gen., Gene O'Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


HOLT, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of the crime of first degree murder and recommended life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary. The State had waived the death penalty. From the judgment on that verdict comes this appeal. For reversal appellant contends that: The appellant was entitled to have the jury instructed by the trial court on all degrees of homicide, regardless of whether his counsel waived and objected to such instructions, and the failure of the...

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