Moore v. State

J. Seaborn Holt, Associate Justice.

Appellant, Lawrence Gene Moore, was found guilty by a jury of the crime of murder in the first degree while attempting burglary, and his punishment fixed at death in the electric chair. From the judgment comes this appeal. For reversal the appellant contends that the evidence was not sufficient to support the verdict and the verdict is ‘ ‘ contrary to the law and the evidence.”

The charge against appellant was based on § 41-2205 Ark. Stats, which provides: “All murder which shall be perpetrated by means of poison, ... or which shall be committed in the…