SUMMERVILLE v. STATE

No. 5725.

484 S.W.2d 85 (1972)

Floyd SUMMERVILLE, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

September 4, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis W. Rosteck, Little Rock, for appellant.

Ray Thornton, Atty. Gen., by Jay N. Tolley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


BYRD, Justice.

Appellant Floyd Summerville was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment for the slaying of W. W. Dobbs. For reversal he contends that the court erred in admitting into evidence a confession and four .22 caliber slugs.

The record shows that on the night of September 18, 1970, after W. W. Dobbs had gone to bed, he answered a knock on his front door. After requesting his wife to bring him a gun, he was shot at three...

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