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DAVIES v. STATE

No. CR 85-60.

688 S.W.2d 738 (1985)

286 Ark. 9

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

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied June 10, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry E. Mazzanti, Lake Village, for appellant.

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

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

On January 5, 1984, at a time when the appellant Melvin Davies and his wife were separated, he went to see her at her place of employment in Eudora. After about two hours of conversation the couple got into an argument, and Davies shot her in the chest with a .357 magnum pistol. He was charged with first-degree battery by having caused serious physical injury. Upon trial by jury he was found guilty and sentenced to a term of 15 years. His...

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