RAWLS v. STATE

No. CR76-76.

541 S.W.2d 298 (1976)

Elsie Jean RAWLS, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 4, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold L. Hall, Public Defender, Little Rock, for appellant.

Jim Guy Tucker, Atty. Gen., by Terry R. Kirkpatrick, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

In June of 1975 the appellant killed R. C. Edwards, with whom she was living, by shooting him some fourteen times with a rifle. She was charged by information with second-degree murder and with the commission of that felony by means of a firearm. The jury returned a verdict of guilty upon each count and imposed consecutive sentences of ten and five years.

The appellant makes a twofold constitutional attack upon the firearm statute...

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