HUMPHREY v. STATE

No. CR 97-525.

966 S.W.2d 213 (1998)

332 Ark. 398

Evote HUMPHREY, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin A. Keaton, Camden, for Appellant.

Winston Bryant Attorney General, Sandy Moll, Assistant Attorney General, Little Rock, for Appellee.


NEWBERN, Justice.

Evote Humphrey was convicted of capital murder for shooting Tyrone Cook. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Mr. Humphrey's sole point on appeal is that the Trial Court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on justification. We agree with Mr. Humphrey that the Trial Court's failure to give that instruction was error; thus we reverse and remand.

Mr. Humphrey gave the following testimony. He met Tyrone Cook in 1993, and they...

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