Young v. State

Ed. F. MgFaddin, Associate Justice.

This is a capital case. On Sunday afternoon, August 17, 1958, the appellant, William Yonng, shot and killed Erman Cox, a State Highway Police Patrolman. Appellant was arrested a few hours after the shooting; and at a preliminary hearing in the Municipal Court of Osceola, he pleaded guilty. He was charged with murder in the first degree. (§ 41-2205 Ark. Stats.) The jury trial of appellant in Circuit Court began on October 14, 1958; and he entered a plea of guilty to the information filed against him. A jury was empaneled to determine the degree of the crime…