WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. CA CR 85-128.

702 S.W.2d 825 (1986)

17 Ark.App. 53

James Charles WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, En Banc.

February 5, 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 Connie Griffin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


CORBIN, Judge.

Appellant, James Charles Williams, was charged with the first degree murder of his brother and convicted of second degree murder by a Pulaski County Circuit Court jury. He was sentenced to thirty years imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction. The only issue raised by this appeal is whether the trial court committed reversible error in refusing to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of manslaughter. We reverse and remand.<...

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