Williams v. State

Frank Holt, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of the crime of maiming (Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-2502 [Repl. 1964]) and imposed a sentence of seven years in the Department of Correction. We first consider appellant’s contention for reversal that the court erroneously permitted two officers to testify about certain statements made to them by the appellant preceding the alleged offense. We find no merit in this contention.

Each of these officers testified that the appellant came by the jail where they were working and in a conversation voluntarily stated to them that he was “mad” and intended to…