Hughes v. State

Tom Glaze, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of the first degree murder of her son and sentenced to life imprisonment in the retrial of this case. This court previously reversed and remanded appellant’s earlier conviction because the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a statement the appellant gave officers after she had requested an attorney. Hughes v. State, 289 Ark. 522, 712 S.W.2d 308 (1986). In this second appeal, appellant contends that there was insufficient evidence of premeditation and deliberation to support her conviction of first degree murder. As part of her contention,…