Dupree v. State

607 S.W.2d 356 (1980)

Edgar DUPREE, Jr., Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. CR 80-132.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 10, 1980.

Arnold, Hamilton & Streetman, Crossett, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Mary Davies Scott, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

FOGLEMAN, Chief Justice.

Appellant was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to ten years imprisonment on October 12, 1979. He had been tried on a charge of first degree murder of his brother-in-law, George Parker, Jr., arising from an incident on May 7, 1977, but was found guilty of the lesser offense. The…