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BUTLER v. STATE

No. CR 73-146.

504 S.W.2d 747 (1974)

A. J. BUTLER, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 4, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Newcomb, Pine Bluff, for appellant.

Jim Guy Tucker, Atty. Gen., by Richard Mattison, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

HOLT, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of first degree murder by a jury and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Corrections. Appellant's only contention for reversal is that the trial court erred in not granting a requested mistrial after the appellant, on cross-examination, was asked:

Q. A. J., are you guilty of shooting a man in Pine Bluff on December the 22nd, 1970? A. Was I guilty? Q. Did you shoot him?

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