JOHNSON v. STATE

No. CR 77-32.

551 S.W.2d 203 (1977)

Wilbur JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, Division 1.

May 31, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bob Frazier, Malvern, for appellant.

Bill Clinton, Atty. Gen. by Joseph H. Purvis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


HOLT, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of second degree murder and assessed his punishment at 21 years in the State Department of Correction. Appellant first argues, through court appointed counsel, that the court's instruction, based upon Ark.Stat. Ann. § 41-2246 (Repl.1964), was erroneous because this statute was repealed effective January 1, 1976 by the enactment of the new Arkansas Criminal Code, Act 1975, No. 928, § 3 (Ark.Crim.Code § 41-101...

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