EDGEMON v. STATE

No. CR 81-110.

630 S.W.2d 26 (1982)

Billy Joe EDGEMON, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. McArthur, Little Rock, for appellant.

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


HICKMAN, Justice.

Billy Joe Edgemon was convicted of the first degree murder of Jimmy McCormick and sentenced to life imprisonment and a $10,000.00 fine.

His chief argument is that the court erroneously admitted evidence that Edgemon was involved in a stolen car ring. The State argued that the evidence was necessary to show that Edgemon had a motive to kill McCormick. We find that the trial court was correct in admitting the evidence because the State clearly...

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