Legal Opinion
Johnson v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided March 21, 1949No. 4552PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ed. P. McFaddin, Justice.
Appellant was tried for murder in the first degree for the homicide of Claude Tate. From a conviction of manslaughter, there is this appeal. The motion for new trial contains seven assignments, which we will discuss in suitable topic headings. .
I. Sufficiency of the Evidence. Assignments 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the motion for new trial present this issue. The affray, which resulted in the homicide of Tate, occurred in a beer tavern. Tate and a companion were seated at a table with two women; and a man named Arch Clutch was standing nearby. All were drinking beer. Walter…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Barron Ex Rel. Tiernan v. Mayor of BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1833
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- Pervear v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Collins v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Gladden v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1974
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