Padgett v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Crittenden Circuit Court; R. E. L. Johnson, Judge; The jurisdiction is in the State of Tennessee, for the reason that no valid act has been passed by that State similar to § 2862 of C. & M. Digest. Act 290 Acts 1909. See also 118 Ark. 362. The evidence was not sufficient to support the verdict. 68 Ark. 529; 85 Ark. 360; 68 Ark. 529; 97 Ark. 156; 34 Ark. 639. The jurisdiction was properly laid.
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Appeal from Crittenden Circuit Court; R. E. L. Johnson, Judge; The jurisdiction is in the State of Tennessee, for the reason that no valid act has been passed by that State similar to § 2862 of C. & M. Digest. Act 290 Acts 1909. See also 118 Ark. 362. The evidence was not sufficient to support the verdict. 68 Ark. 529; 85 Ark. 360; 68 Ark. 529; 97 Ark. 156; 34 Ark. 639. The jurisdiction was properly laid. Similar acts having been passed by the States of Arkansas and Tennessee, act 290 of Acts of Arkansas, approved March 31,1909, and chapter 123 of the Public Acts of Tennessee, approved May…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
Elvus Padgett was indicted for the crime of murder in the first degree, charged to have been committed by killing his mother on the 19th day of .July, 1921, in Crittenden County, Ark.
He was tried before a jury and found guilty of murder in the second degree. His punishment was fixed by the jury at a term of sixteen years in the State penitentiary, and, from the judgment pronounced on the verdict, the defendant has duly prosecuted an appeal to this court.
It is earnestly insisted by counsel for the defendant that the evidence is not legally sufficient to support the verdict. According to the…
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