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HUGHES v. STATE

No. CR 86-28.

712 S.W.2d 308 (1986)

289 Ark. 522

Julia HUGHES, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Simpson, Jr., Public Defender, by Carolyn P. Baker, Deputy Public Defender, Little Rock, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Mary Beth Sudduth, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

HICKMAN, Justice.

Julia Hughes was convicted of murdering her two year old son, Anthony, by throwing him into a ditch where he drowned. Hughes had been in and out of the Arkansas State Hospital in recent years and although she had three children, none of them were in her exclusive custody. But on May 6, 1985, Anthony was with her.

There was an abundance of evidence of Hughes' guilt and she was sentenced to life...

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