Henry v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; Scott Wood. Judge; Confessions must be considered in their entireties. 69 Ark. 599. Confession should not be received unless voluntarily made. 50 Ark. 501. Where improper influence has been used to obtain a confession, it will be presumed that the confession flows from that influence. 109 Ark. 322. The court erred in instructing the jury that by reason of the fact that, the indictment alleged that the killing was done in the attempt to rob,…
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Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; Scott Wood. Judge; Confessions must be considered in their entireties. 69 Ark. 599. Confession should not be received unless voluntarily made. 50 Ark. 501. Where improper influence has been used to obtain a confession, it will be presumed that the confession flows from that influence. 109 Ark. 322. The court erred in instructing the jury that by reason of the fact that, the indictment alleged that the killing was done in the attempt to rob, the only verdict that could be rendered was murder in the first degree or acquittal. 69 Ark. 107. Instruction No. 3…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
Defendant was convicted under an indictment charging murder in the first degree in the killing of one Aaron Dill with intent to rob. The language of the indictment (omitting the caption and formal part) is that the accused “did unlawfully, wilfully, feloniously and with malice aforethought, and after deliberation and premeditation and with a felonious intent then and there to rob Aaron Dill, did assault, 'kill and murder the said Aaron Dill by shooting him, the said Aaron Dill, with a certain gun, which he, the said Ezekiel Henry, then and there held in his hands, the said gun being then and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Dewein v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914
- Carpenter v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1896
- Greenwood v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1913
- Rayburn v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1901
- Logan v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1921
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- Clark v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1925
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- Needham v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1949
- Hughes v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1922
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