Bailey v. State

Steele Hays, Justice.

Edward Lee Bailey was charged by felony information with battery in the first degree, a class B felony. In a preliminary hearing before the Little Rock Municipal Court to establish probable cause, the state called two witnesses to show that Bailey had become angry when Jessie Lee Henson was unable to pay for two beers anda hot dog in Bailey’s club. Henson said he asked his companion, Don Stewart, to go outside to the car and bring in Henson’s billfold, but Bailey grabbed Stewart, drew a pistol and, according to Stewart and Henson, shot Henson in the throat, leaving him…