Lewis v. State

The appellant, Percy Lee Lewis, was convicted in the circuit court of Phillips county, of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to death. This appeal is prosecuted to reverse the judgment of the circuit court.

On October 26, 1940, information was filed by the prosecuting attorney of Phillips county charging the appellant with murder in the first degree alleged to have been committed on July 28, 1940, by shooting W. H. Patton with a pistol. The appellant was unable to employ counsel, arid counsel were appointed by the court to defend him. On arraignment the appellant pleaded guilty of…