Meadows v. State

722 S.W.2d 584 (1987)

291 Ark. 105

Robert Keith MEADOWS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. CR 86-166.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 26, 1987.

Terry L. Crabtree, Public Defender by N. Michael Yarbrough, Assist. Public Defender, Bentonville, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by Clint Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

DUDLEY, Justice.

The principal issue in this case is whether an unborn viable fetus is a "person" as that term is used in the manslaughter statute. There is little dispute about the facts. The appellant, while intoxicated, drove his car in a reckless…