Legal Opinion

Fulbright v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided September 24, 1934No. CR 3886Published

1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, C. J.

The grand jury of Jackson County indicted appellant for the crime of murder in the first degree for the killing of one W. P. Ford. Upon trial to a jury she was convicted of second degree murder and was sentenced to a term of five years in the State penitentiary, and this appeal is therefrom.

The only serious contention advanced by appellant for reversal is that the trial court erred in permitting witnesses to detail certain statements made by deceased immediately prior to his death because, as it is urged, not made by deceased while in the belief that death was imminent and impending. To…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Evans v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1893
  2. Weakley v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1925
  3. Scoggin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1913
  4. Alford v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1923
  5. Sanderlin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1928

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