Shinn v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pope Circuit Court; A. B. Priddy, Judge; The defendant on cross examination was subjected to a character of cross examination not permissible in the case of other witnesses which was highly prejudicial to his cause. 53 Ark. 387; 58 Ark. 473; 60 Ark. 450; 70 Ark. 107; 72 Ark. 427; 75 Ark. 548; 78 Ark. 284; 91 Ark. 555; 103 Ark. 28; 104 Ark. 162; 106 Ark. 160. Tt .was error to allow the State to recall defendant, after he had closed his case, for the purpose of…
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Appeal from Pope Circuit Court; A. B. Priddy, Judge; The defendant on cross examination was subjected to a character of cross examination not permissible in the case of other witnesses which was highly prejudicial to his cause. 53 Ark. 387; 58 Ark. 473; 60 Ark. 450; 70 Ark. 107; 72 Ark. 427; 75 Ark. 548; 78 Ark. 284; 91 Ark. 555; 103 Ark. 28; 104 Ark. 162; 106 Ark. 160. Tt .was error to allow the State to recall defendant, after he had closed his case, for the purpose of contradicting him. The evidence could not have been introduced by the State to establish its case, and was collateral to…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
This is an appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree, the punishment of appellant being fixed by the jury at life imprisonment.
The accusation against appellant is that he killed Lewis Vandergeten in Pope County on the night of November 27, 1920, by shooting him with a gun.
The first contention of appellant is that the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the verdict.
The killing occurred in a building called the “wash-house,” at a coal mine about three miles from Bussellville. On the night mentioned, the deceased and a crowd of other boys and men were engaged in playing craps in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hollingsworth v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1890
- Davidson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1913
- Ware v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
- Hunt v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914
- McVay v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
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- Bullen v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1922
- Randall v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1965
- Whittaker v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1926
- Sullivan v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1926
- Black v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1949
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