GOFF v. STATE

No. CR 97-135.

953 S.W.2d 38 (1997)

329 Ark. 513

Belynda Faye GOFF, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

September 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven E. Vowell, Berryville, Jack T. Lasister, Little Rock, for Appellant.

Winston Bryant, Attorney General, Vada Berger, Assistant Attorney General, Little Rock, for Appellee.


GLAZE, Justice.

Appellant Belynda Faye Goff was convicted of first-degree murder of her husband and sentenced to life in prison. She raises four points for reversal.

Ms. Goff first argues the trial court erred in denying her motion for directed verdict because the State failed to prove she purposely caused the death of her husband Stephen. The State's case was premised on circumstantial evidence, but as this court has previously and consistently held, evidence...

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