Mosby v. State

Lyle Brown, Justice.

This felony-murder case has been before us on two previous occasions, both times resulting in reversals. Mosby and Williamson v. State, 246 Ark. 963, 440 S.W. 2d 230 (1969); Mosby v. State, 249 Ark. 17, 457 S.W. 2d 836 (1970). The case was tried another time but resulted in a mistrial. Mosby now appeals from a conviction at the fourth trial and advances eight points for reversal.

Robert E. Lovelace, a taxicab driver in Little Rock, disappeared on the night of June 3, 1968. A week later the cab and his body were found in Grant County. It was the theory of the State that…