Blake v. State

Appellants, Lonis and Elbert Blake, who are father and son, have prosecuted this appeal from the judgment of the Ouachita Circuit Court sentencing them to death for the murder of Brad Polk. The testimony on the part of the State was to the following effect. Louis Blake was a tenant on the farm of Polk, and they had disagreed about Blake’s account and had been unable to effect a settlement. Blake had stated that he would not leave the farm where he lived until a settlement had been effected, and that he would kill Polk, if necessary, to secure a settlement. This threat was made in the presence…