Rand v. State

341 S.W.2d 9 (1960)

Virginia RAND, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. 4977.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 12, 1960.

Claude Duty and Jeff Duty, Rogers, for appellant.

Bruce Bennett, Atty. Gen., by Thorp Thomas, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

JOHNSON, Justice.

The appellant, Virginia Rand, was charged with the crime of second-degree murder for the killing of Harry V. (Buddy) Clark. Following trial in the Benton Circuit Court, the jury found appellant guilty and fixed her punishment at 8 years in the state penitentiary. From such verdict comes this appeal.

It appears from the record that…