Butler v. State

Frank Holt, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of first degree murder by a jury and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction. Appellant’s only contention for reversal is that the trial court erred in not granting a requested mistrial after the appellant, on cross-examination, was asked:

Q. A. J., are you guilty of shooting a man in Pine Bluff on December the 22nd, 1970?

A. Was I guilty?

Q. Did you shoot him?

A. Yes, sir, I shot him.

On re-direct appellant stated the shooting was in self-defense which resulted in no prosecution.

Appellant’s counsel forcefully presents the…