Redmon v. State

John I. Purtle, Justice.

Appellant was tried in the Fourth Division of the Pulaski County Circuit Court and convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life without parole. For reversal he argues: 1) that there was no evidence to corroborate the testimony of two accomplice; and 2) that the total evidence was insufficient to support the verdict. We agree that there was insufficient evidence to corroborate the testimony of the accomplices.

About 8:30 p.m. on May 7, 1982, Hoyt Green was working in his yard when two men approached him and tried to rob him. He had a garden hoe in his hand in such a…