Cook v. State

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

Jimmy Don Cook was tried before a jury and convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the Sebastian County Circuit Court. He was sentenced to serve not less than two years nor more than six years in the Arkansas Penitentiary. He has appealed to this court and has designated the points he relies on for reversal, as follows:

“The evidence is circumstantial in nature and wholly insufficient to support the jury verdict.

The court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on involuntary manslaughter.”

We do not agree with the appellant on either of the points he has designated.

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