Bogue v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian 'Circuit 'Court, Ft. Smith District; Jolm Brissolara, Judge; The testimony as to the bad character of deceased, his own admissions as to the crimes he had committed, and his record in this 'State, taken together, constituted his general reputation for being a dangerous man, and should have been permitted to go to the jury.
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Appeal from Sebastian 'Circuit 'Court, Ft. Smith District; Jolm Brissolara, Judge; The testimony as to the bad character of deceased, his own admissions as to the crimes he had committed, and his record in this 'State, taken together, constituted his general reputation for being a dangerous man, and should have been permitted to go to the jury. Jett v. State, 151 Ark. 439. The court erred in admitting the testimony as to alleged relations between appellant and Lorena' Montgomery which he denied, and to further prove that she was a woman of lewd character. The evidence does not sustain the…
1Opinion of the CourtHumphreys, J.
Appellant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for killing Chris Karrantulias in a rooming house in the city of Ft. Smith, and as punishment therefor was given a sentence of five years in the State penitentiary. From the judgment of conviction an appeal has been duly prosecuted to this court.
Appellant’s plea to the charge was self-defense, and, for the purpose of showing that the deceased was the aggressor in the fatal encounter, proved, over the objection of the State, by Midge Gillim, a woman with whom deceased had lived for a number of years, that deceased frequently boasted in her…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Rhea v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
- Benton v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
- Jett v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1922
3Cited by5 opinions
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