Stovall v. State

Ed F. McFaddin, Associate Justice.

Appellant, Bud Stovall, was convicted of second degree murder (§ 41-2206, Ark. Stats.) for the death of Ed Hulsey; and this appeal resulted. The motion for new trial contains twenty-one assignments, all of which we have studied, and some of which we now discuss.

I. The Sufficiency Of The Evidence. Stovall admitted that he killed Hulsey by shooting him with a -30-30 Winchester rifle. The claim was self-defense. The parties were neighbors and long time friends. Someone took the condenser from Hulsey’s whiskey still; and, armed with a .22 caliber rifle, Hnlsey,…