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WESTBROOK v. STATE

No. CR 81-68.

624 S.W.2d 433 (1981)

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

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 23, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julius Kearney, Pine Bluff, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by Theodore Holder, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

On August 29, 1977, the appellant shot and killed the Dermott Chief of Police in the course of a struggle between the two men for possession of the officer's pistol. The appellant was charged with capital murder. After the first trial a judgment imposing the death penalty was reversed for errors prejudicial to the defendant. Westbrook v. State, 265 Ark. 736, 580 S.W.2d 702 (1979). The venue was...

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