Lillard v. State

Ed F. McFaddin, Associate Justice.

Appellant Dave Lillard was duly charged with the crime of murder in the first degree (§ 41-2205 Ark. Stats.) for the homicide of Mack King. Appellant’s trial1 resulted in a conviction of murder in the second degree 41-2206 Ark. Stats.), and a sentence of seven years; and from that judgment this appeal is prosecuted. The motion for new trial contains six assignments.

I. Sufficiency Of The Evidence. Assignments 1 to 4, inclusive, concern this topic. At about 9:30 P.M. on June 14, 1960, Mack King and his brother, Pete Mack, along with two other persons (William…