Gray v. State

Yeo Gray was convicted before a jury charged with the murder of Raymond Cromer in Drew County, Arkansas, and his punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. From a judgment rendered on the verdict he has appealed.

The evidence was legally sufficient to support the verdict. The court tried the case under the usual instructions governing cases of homicide of this kind. It is earnestly insisted, however, that the court erred in allowing certain testimony to go before the jury. Raymond Cromer made a dying declaration as to the circumstances attending the killing, which was reduced to writing by the…