Legal Opinion
Jones v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided February 5, 1912PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Appeal from Lee Circuit Court; Hance N. Hutton, Judge; 1. There was no proof of malice nor premeditation, and the evidence does not support a conviction of murder in the first degree. 82 Ark. 97. 2. The court should have instructed as to manslaughter. 74 Ark. 444, 453; 162 U. S. 313; 156 Id. 51; 50 Ark. 545; 73 Id. 126; 71 Id. 86; 5 Id. 545. 1. There is no evidence to reduce the offense to manslaughter. 2. The testimony supports the verdict.
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment convicting the defendant, Arthur Jones, of murder in the first degree, for killing M. E. Yarbrough. Mrs. M. E. Yarbrough testified:
“I was the wife of M. E. Yarbrough, and he was killed about dusk or dark on the 30th of September, 1911. We lived on a hill about a mile from Marianna. About 7 o’clock that evening my husband and I were sitting on the porch playing with our two children. We heard some negroes coming down the road in a buggy. They were cursing and shot once. My husband got up and holloed at them to stop. He said that if they did not stop that…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Allison v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- Lee v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1904
- Hayden v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1892
- Baker v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1894
- People v. O'NealCalifornia Supreme Court · 1885
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Rainey v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1992
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- Arnold v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1929
- McKinnon v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1985
- Newsome v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1948
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