Hobbs v. State

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

Harold Hobbs was charged with capital murder in Jackson County, Arkansas, and on his counsel’s motion the trial was moved to Lawrence County. The State’s case was that Hobbs went to an office in Newport, .Arkansas, forced a female bookkeeper to write two checks payable to him, took the bookkeeper to a remote location and killed her. Hobbs testified that he was at the scene of the crime but contended that another person killed the victim and forced Hobbs at gunpoint to participate in the robbery and kidnapping. The jury found Hobbs guilty and sentenced him to die.

We…