Lacy v. State

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

Gary L. Lacy’s conviction for second degree murder and first degree battery must be reversed because his defense counsel was not timely furnished with a statement taken by the police from a critical witness.

Lacy killed Carl Eugene Adams and shot and wounded Vandal R. Durbin in a family fracas in Corning, Clay County, Arkansas. The killing occurred at the residence of Barbara Hall, a daughter of Adams. Lacy and his wife, Carolyn, were staying with the Halls. When Adams and two other men walked into the house, words were exchanged between Adams and Lacy. Lacy shot and…