Buckley v. State

SOUTHWICK, P.J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. A circuit court jury found Arbie Jo Buckley guilty of capital murder. We find her argument that the indictment was fatally flawed to be valid. We reverse and order the indictment dismissed. We further order Buckley to remain in custody pending the action of the next grand jury.

¶ 2. There was evidence from George House that his wife, the defendant Arbie Jo Buckley, poured kerosene onto him as he lay on a sofa. The kerosene soaked into his clothes and also onto the sofa and floor of the trailer home in which he lay. She then threw a match onto him. He awoke to…