Legal Opinion

Garner v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided December 12, 1910PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from Logan Circuit Court, Southern District; Jeptha H. Evans, Judge; The admission of the confession after the case had gone to the jury was within the discretion of the trial court, and this discretion will not be interfered with unless it has been abused. 54 Ark. 124; 34 Ark. 383; 36 Ark. 629; 32 Ark. 585; Id. 562; 40 Ark. 311; 62 Ark. 365; 69 Ark. 558; 75 Ark. 325.

1Opinion of the CourtKirby, J.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree on an indictment returned on January 21, 1910, which, omitting the formal parts, is -as follows :

“The grand jury of Logan County and Southern District, in the name and by the authority of the State of Arkansas,' accuse Will Garner of the crime of murder in the first degree, committed as follows: The said Will Garner, on the 15th day of October, 1909, in the county and district aforesaid, unlawfully, wilfully, feloniously, of his malice aforethought and with premeditation, did kill and murder one Floyd Springer by striking and beating him,…

2Cited by10 opinions

Henry v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1953
Little v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1977
Stanley v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1970
Watt v. StanfieldIdaho Supreme Court · 1922
Easterling v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1923

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