Brockwell v. State

545 S.W.2d 60 (1976)

Dewey BROCKWELL, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. CR 76-32.

Supreme Court of Arkansas. In Banc.

December 20, 1976.

John F. Gibson, Jr., Dermott, for appellant.

Jim Guy Tucker, Atty. Gen. by Jackson Jones, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

FOGLEMAN, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of second degree murder for the killing of his son-in-law, Walter Griffin, by shooting him with a 12 gauge shotgun loaded with buckshot. Brockwell and his wife lived next door to their daughter and son-in-law in McGehee. The killing took place as Griffin approached the front door…