Hall v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Miller Circuit Court; Geo. R. Haynie, Judge; 1. The court erred in compelling defendant, after his peremptory challenges were exhausted, to accept as jurors persons who served as jurors on a former trial. 2. It was error to refuse instruction No. 4. The State must show beyond a reasonable doubt that the fear of punishment was removed before a confession of defendant is admissible in evidence against him, and not by a mere preponderance of evidence. 3. The…
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Appeal from Miller Circuit Court; Geo. R. Haynie, Judge; 1. The court erred in compelling defendant, after his peremptory challenges were exhausted, to accept as jurors persons who served as jurors on a former trial. 2. It was error to refuse instruction No. 4. The State must show beyond a reasonable doubt that the fear of punishment was removed before a confession of defendant is admissible in evidence against him, and not by a mere preponderance of evidence. 3. The evidence is insufficient. Neither the person or property were identified. 1. There was no error in the court’s accóptance of…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
The defendant, Aubrey Hall, was indicted jointly with Roy Thomas, Bert Elliot and W. B. Walker, on the charge of burglary and grand larceny by entering the store of W. A. Benge in the City of Texarkana, and on his election to sever his cause from that of the other defendants he was put on trial and convicted on both charges.(1) The bill of exceptions contains the brief recital of an exception to the overruling by the court of defendant’s objection to the competency of certain jurors who had served as jurors in the cases against Thomas and Walker. The record does not show' affirmatively that…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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