Robinson v. State

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

This is the second appeal of this case. We reversed Robinson’s conviction and ordered a new trial in Robinson v. State, 269 Ark. 90, 598 S.W. 2d 421 (1980) because of erroneous jury instructions. Robinson shot and killed his girl friend and her mother in a shopping center in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He was convicted a second time and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. The facts of the case are contained in our first opinion.

On this appeal there is only one significant issue and that relates to the trial court’s refusal to rule that a psychological examiner…