WATSON v. STATE

No. CR 73-131.

501 S.W.2d 609 (1973)

Samuel J. WATSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 3, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Edward Gibson, P. A. by Sam Gibson, Benton, for appellant.

Jim Guy Tucker, Atty. Gen. by O. H. Hargraves, Deputy Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


FOGLEMAN, Justice.

Appellant contends we should reverse his conviction of robbery, asserting that there was error in the admission into evidence of his purported confession, and in the court's refusal to give his requested jury instruction relating to the voluntariness of his confession, and that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict. We find reversible error in the admission of the alleged confession.

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