Hill v. State

George Rose Smith, Justice.

Charged with first degree murder, the appellant Hill was convicted of second degree murder and was sentenced, as a habitual offender, to imprisonment for 26 years. He argues two points for reversal.

It is first contended that the trial court erred in allowing the State to introduce hearsay evidence. Hill and the decedent, Coy Daniels, had been neighbors in Dallas, Texas. In September, 1972, Hill, with his own family and three of Daniels’ children, moved to North Little Rock, where Hill rented a house. A day or two later Daniels came to North Little Rock and drove to…