Craig v. State

Convicted of tlie crime of assault with intent to kill, appellant prosecutes this appeal, and urges as grounds for reversal, (1) that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict because (a) the specific intent to kill is not established thereby, and (b) if death had resulted appellant could not have been convicted of murder, and (2) that the court erred in refusing to give a certain requested instruction.

Viewing the testimony as we must in the light most favorable to the state (Slinkard v. State, 193 Ark. 765, 103 S. W. 2d 50), the record discloses:

Appellant and one Fred Hedgecock,…