CLAY v. STATE

No. CR77-113.

556 S.W.2d 137 (1977)

Henry CLAY, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, Division 1.

October 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Comer Boyett, Jr. of Boyett & Morgan, Searcy, for appellant.

Bill Clinton, Atty. Gen. by Jackson M. Jones, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

The appellant Clay, charged with attempted murder in the first degree, was found guilty and was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. We find no merit in his four arguments for reversal.

On the night of March 14, 1976, four men—the prosecuting witness Jeff William West, the defendant Henry Clay, and two others—were drinking moonshine whisky in Horace Kirck's trailer. Both West and Clay were drunk. According to West...

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