Kinnemer v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pope Circuit Court. William L. Moose, Judge. It was error to require defendant to go to trial before a copy of indictment was served on him. 24 Ark. 631. It was error to allow the state to prove the statements made by defendant’s wife. 64 Ark. 121. It was error to allow the state to ask defendant whether he had not been convicted of petit larceny. 58 Ark. 476; 60 Ark. 450; 34 Pac. 1078. The prosecuting attorney made use of improper arguments. 61 Ark. 130; 58 Ark.…
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Appeal from Pope Circuit Court. William L. Moose, Judge. It was error to require defendant to go to trial before a copy of indictment was served on him. 24 Ark. 631. It was error to allow the state to prove the statements made by defendant’s wife. 64 Ark. 121. It was error to allow the state to ask defendant whether he had not been convicted of petit larceny. 58 Ark. 476; 60 Ark. 450; 34 Pac. 1078. The prosecuting attorney made use of improper arguments. 61 Ark. 130; 58 Ark. 480; 168 U. S. 382; 8 S. W. 762; 32 S. W. 1149; 17 S. W. 1108; 14 S. W. 117; 12 S. W. 619; 5 S. W. 115; 43 Pac. 124; 11…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
On the night of June 16, 1897, Dr. Chamness was assassinated. He was sleeping, as was his custom, upon a cot on his gallery. While thus sleeping, some one shot him through the head with buckshot, killing him instantly. The defendant was indicted for the murder, the indictment charging him with murder in the first degree. He was convicted of murder in the second degree.
At the trial defendant and one Shipp testified that on the night of the killing (Wednesday night) Shipp stopped at defendant’s house, which was about seven miles from the scene of the killing; that Shipp, stayed till late in the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1867
3Cited by19 opinions
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