HALL v. STATE

No. CR 84-205.

689 S.W.2d 524 (1985)

286 Ark. 52

Melvin HALL, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Vinson, Batesville, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Clint Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Fayetteville, for appellee.


HAYS, Justice.

Melvin Hall appeals from his life without parole sentence for the capital murders of Jimmy and Gloria Owens. He raises four points of error, none of which have merit.

It was alleged and admitted that in the early hours of October 5, 1983, Hall entered the Owenses' mobile home and shot and killed them both. Mrs. Owens was appellant's former wife. The defenses of voluntary intoxication and mental disease or defect were raised as both full and...

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