WESTBROOK v. STATE

No. CR78-161.

580 S.W.2d 702 (1979)

Booker T. WESTBROOK, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, In Banc.

May 14, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julius D. Kearney, Pine Bluff, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by E. Alvin Schay, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


PURTLE, Justice.

The Chief of Police for the City of Dermott, Arkansas was shot and killed on August 29, 1977, while attempting to place the appellant under arrest. The record does not show what appellant was to be charged with but apparently it was for an offense of some type for which no warrant had been issued. During the arrest process the decedent and appellant struggled for possession of decedent's pistol which was...

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