Legal Opinion

Humphrey v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided March 26, 1998No. CR 97-525Published

1Opinion of the Court

966 S.W.2d 213 (1998)

332 Ark. 398

Evote HUMPHREY, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. CR 97-525.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 26, 1998.

Edwin A. Keaton, Camden, for Appellant.

Winston Bryant Attorney General, Sandy Moll, Assistant Attorney General, Little Rock, for Appellee.

NEWBERN, Justice.

Evote Humphrey was convicted of capital murder for shooting Tyrone Cook. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Mr. Humphrey's sole point on appeal is that the Trial Court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on justification. We agree with Mr. Humphrey that the Trial Court's…

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2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Yocum v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1996
  2. Turner v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1975
  3. Ricketts v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1987
  4. Humphrey v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998
  5. Johninson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1994

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