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RICKETTS v. STATE

No. 5810.

494 S.W.2d 462 (1973)

Ardell RICKETTS, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied June 11, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bob Scott, Robert D. Smith, III, Little Rock, for appellant.

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

JONES, Justice.

Ardell Ricketts was charged with murder in the first degree for the killing of Ward Phillips. He was convicted at a jury trial of murder in the second degree and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of five years. The errors he assigns on this appeal are hereafter discussed but first we relate some of the background leading to the difficulty between Ricketts and Phillips.

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