SHAW v. STATE

No. CR 80-163.

611 S.W.2d 522 (1981)

James Wesley SHAW, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Alvin Schay, State Appellate Public Defender by Ray Hartenstein, Chief Deputy Appellate Defender, Little Rock, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by Joseph H. Purvis, Deputy Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


HICKMAN, Justice.

John Wesley Shaw was convicted of the capital felony murder of two elderly people and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. He argues on appeal that three errors were committed at his trial. All of his allegations are without merit. We have examined the record for any other errors, as we are required to do, and finding none, affirm the judgment. The State's theory of the case was that Shaw, an itinerant worker, became acquainted with the...

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