Lee v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Baxter Circuit Court; J. B. Baker, Judge; 1. The court erred in arraigning and. requiring appellant to plead within less than twenty hours after a copy of the indictment was delivered to him.
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Appeal from Baxter Circuit Court; J. B. Baker, Judge; 1. The court erred in arraigning and. requiring appellant to plead within less than twenty hours after a copy of the indictment was delivered to him. Kirby’s Digest, § 2274; 74 Ark. 356. 2. The court erred in refusing to grant appellant an order to take depositions of witnesses in the State of Missouri. 32 Ark. 462. 3. The court erred in refusing a continuance after he had not been given an opportunity to take depositions. It was an abuse of discretion by the court. 71 Ark. 180 ; 60 Id. 564; 42 Id. 274; 9 Cyc. 173, 2 a; 90 Ark. 384. 4. One…
1Opinion of the CourtHumphreys, J.
Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted in the Baxter Circuit Court for the crime of murder in the first degree, and his punishment fixed at a life term of imprisonment in the penitentiary. From the judgment of conviction, an appeal has- been duly prosecuted to this court.
A copy of the indictment was delivered to appellant on the 9th day of March, 1920. On the next day, and within forty-eight hours after a copy of the indictment was delivered to appellant, he was arraigned and entered a plea of not guilty. After entering the plea of not guilty, and without having withdrawn same, appellant…
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