COTTON v. STATE

No. CR 81-48.

634 S.W.2d 127 (1982)

Floyd Junior COTTON, a/k/a Junior Cotton and Bud Cotton, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones & Reynolds by Terry Jones, Fayetteville, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by Victra L. Fewell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


HOLT, Justice.

The appellant was charged by information with capital felony murder. A jury found him guilty of first degree murder and assessed his punishment at life imprisonment. Appellant first asserts the trial court erred in permitting the prosecuting attorney to argue, in the presence of the jury, the merits of admitting testimony concerning a polygraph test taken by a defense witness.

During cross-examination by the state of Dorothy Taylor, widow of...

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