Hill v. State

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

Leslie David Hill shot and killed Willie Young and was convicted of first degree murder in the Craighead County Circuit Court. His defense was based upon insanity and upon conviction he was sentenced to the Arkansas penitentiary for life. On appeal to this court, Hill relies on the following points for reversal:

“The Court erred in excluding appellant’s offer of proof of opinion testimony from lay witnesses on the issue of appellant’s sanity.

The Court erred in giving Court’s Instruction Number 9A.”

We are of the opinion that the trial court erred on both points, and that…