ROOKS v. STATE

No. 5543.

466 S.W.2d 478 (1971)

Maybell ROOKS, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 26, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bon McCourtney & Associates, by Richard Jarboe, Jonesboro, for appellant.

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


HOLT, Justice.

Appellant was charged by information with first degree murder for the fatal shooting of her husband. A jury found her guilty of murder in the second degree and imposed a sentence of twenty-one years in the State Penitentiary. This appeal is taken from a judgment on that verdict. Appellant first contends for reversal that an improper procedure was permitted in impeaching her testimony.

Testifying in her own behalf at trial, appellant claimed...

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