Wooten v. State

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

Robert Wooten was convicted of murder in the second degree for the homicide of R. A. Baker, and brings this appeal. The Motion for New Trial contains nine assignments,1 which we group and discuss in topic headings.

I. Sufficiency Of The Evidence. Assignments 1, 2, and 3 in the Motion for New Trial are included in this topic; and we review the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, as is the rule on appeal. Bly v. State, 213 Ark. 859, 214 S. W. 2d 77; and Yarbrough v. State, 206 Ark. 549, 176 S. W. 2d 702. The deceased, R. A. Baker, owned two roadhouses,…