Collins v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lee Circuit Court; Hance N. Hutton, Judge; I. The court erred in ruling that Ewing was a competent juror. 45 Ark. 165; 56 Id. 382; 69 Id. 322. 2. Defendant was entitled to an instruction on manslaughter. 74 Ark. 444, 454; 162 U. S. 313; 82 Ark. 97. 1. There was no evidence upon which to predicate an instruction as to manslaughter; but, if so, thefailure was harmless error. 2. Ewing was a competent juror.
1Opinion of the CourtFrauenthal, J.
The defendant John Collins was indicted for the crime of murder in the first degree, charged with killing M. E. Yarbrough. He was convicted of this crime by a petit jury, and has appealed to this court seeking a reversal of the judgment entered upon the verdict. Among the grounds assigned by him why the judgment should be reversed are the following: (1) that the court committed er-
ror by refusing to excuse for cause one E. H. Ewing, who was called as a juror to try the case; (2) because the court erred in the rulings made by it on various instructions; and (3) because there was not sufficient…
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