Boyd v. State

Ed. F. MoFaddin, Associate Justice.

Appellants, James Boyd and Willie Henry Byrd, were convicted in tbe Miller Circuit Court in December 1958 of the crime of first degree murder for the homicide of M. R. Hamm. They were each sentenced to death; and from such judgments they prosecute this appeal.

This is the second appearance of these appellants in this Court in connection with the homicide of M. R. Hamm. In Moore et al. v. State, 227 Ark. 544, 299 S. W. 2d 838, there were four appellants, being James Moore, Rogers Boone, James Boyd (present appellant), and Willie Henry Byrd (present appellant).…