Halfacre v. State

639 S.W.2d 734 (1982)

277 Ark. 168

Lester Ray HALFACRE, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. CR-82-47.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 11, 1982.

Bill Bristow, Jonesboro, and Kelley Webb, Trumann, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Leslie M. Powell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

HAYS, Justice.

The appellant, Lester Halfacre, was charged with capital murder, it being alleged that he deliberately caused the death of two persons in the course of the same criminal episode. Appellant admitted firing the shots that caused the two deaths, but claimed he acted in self-defense.…