Connelly v. Thomas

Ed. F. McFaddin, Associate Justice.

These two cases stem from the criminal cases of the State of Arkansas v. Bonnie Connelly, which have been twice before the Court. Connelly v. State, 232 Ark. 826, 335 S. W. 2d 723; Connelly v. State, 234 Ark. 143, 350 S. W. 2d 298. In the first case we reversed the second degree murder conviction of Mrs. Connelly; and in the second case we affirmed Mrs. Connelly’s conviction for manslaughter. When Mrs. Connelly was originally charged with the murder of her husband she employed Messrs. Thomas and Hobbs to represent her; but she became dissatisfied when they…