CURRY v. STATE

No. CR 80-142.

613 S.W.2d 829 (1981)

Merril Lee CURRY, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Alvin Schay, State Appellate Defender, by Linda Faulkner Boone, Deputy State Appellate Defender, Little Rock, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by Leslie M. Powell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


HOLT, Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of first degree murder, Ark.Stat.Ann. § 41-1502 (Repl.1977), and sentenced to life imprisonment. She had interposed the affirmative defense of insanity. Ark.Stat.Ann. § 41-601 (Repl.1977). The only issue argued on appeal is that no substantial evidence exists to support the jury's finding that appellant was not insane at the time of the alleged offense.

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