ROBINSON v. STATE

No. CR 79-197.

598 S.W.2d 421 (1980)

James W. ROBINSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Brown, Pine Bluff, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Catherine Anderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


MAYS, Justice.

Appellant received a sentence of life without parole after a jury found him guilty of capital murder. Included among the issues raised by appellant on appeal is whether the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on lesser included offenses. From our review of the record, we find sufficient evidence to support an instruction on the lesser included offense of second degree murder, Ark.Stat.Ann. § 41-1503 (Repl. 1977). Therefore, we reverse...

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