Foster v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1Opinion of the Court
John I. Purtle, Justice.
The appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree at her third trial. Her first trial resulted in a conviction which we reversed and remanded for a new trial. See Foster v. State, 285 Ark. 363, 687 S.W.2d 829 (1985). A mistrial was declared in the second trial. The appellant makes many arguments on appeal, but we reach only the argument that there was no corroboration of the accomplices’ testimony. We do not find any evidence in the record to corroborate the accomplices’ testimony as required for a conviction under the law; therefore, we must reverse her…
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