HOUSTON v. STATE

No. CR 88-194.

771 S.W.2d 16 (1989)

299 Ark. 7

Willie HOUSTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Cloar, Arthur L. Allen, Little Rock, for appellant.

Tim Humphries, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


HAYS, Justice.

This appeal from a conviction for first degree murder challenges two evidentiary rulings and the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction.

On the evening of March 2, 1988, Eddie Bell answered a knock at his front door. Shots were exchanged between Bell and the person at the door and Bell died from multiple gunshot wounds received in the exchange. A few minutes later the appellant, Willie Houston, was found injured on the parking...

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