Simmons v. State

Appellant and one J. it. Graham were jointly indicted for murder in the first degree. They were charged with killing one Elgin Jordan. Graham pleaded guilty, and appellant was tried in the Pulaski Circuit Court and convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment fixed at life imprisonment in the penitentiary. Appellant prosecutes this appeal to reverse the judgment of the circuit court.

The appellant, who was twenty-four years old, lived in North Little Rock, was married, and his occupation was electrical helper. According to appellant’s testimony, he had never been in trouble…