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DEGLER v. STATE

No. CR 74-109.

517 S.W.2d 515 (1974)

John R. DEGLER, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

As Modified January 27, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene Worsham, Little Rock, for appellant.

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

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

The appellant was charged with felony murder, in that he killed Curtis Turner during the perpetration of larceny. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and imposed a life sentence. Four points for reversal are argued.

First, it is contended that when this case was tried in the court below, a homicide committed in the perpetration of larceny no longer constituted a felony murder. Upon that premise it is argued that Degler could not...

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