Dillard v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from.Prairie Circuit Court, Southern District. Thomas O. Trimble, Special Judge. The state should be held to its agreement, made pursuant to. the recommendation of the grand jury, to nolle prosequi this. case. The delay in bringing defendant to trial was not caused by “the application of defendant,” and he should be discharged.
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Appeal from.Prairie Circuit Court, Southern District. Thomas O. Trimble, Special Judge. The state should be held to its agreement, made pursuant to. the recommendation of the grand jury, to nolle prosequi this. case. The delay in bringing defendant to trial was not caused by “the application of defendant,” and he should be discharged. Sand. & H. Dig., § 2161. All that is required of a duly qualified expert is that he state his opinion. 61 Ala. 98; 34 Ark: 520; 55 Ark. 593, 599. The court erred in excluding evidence of thi'eats, made by the conspirators immediately before the killing. 43 Ark.…
1Opinion of the CourtHughes, J.
The appellant was indicted by the grand jury of Monroe county for assault with intent to kill, committed, as the indictment alleges, on the first day of September, 1888, upon J. W. B. Robinson, who at the time was the sheriff of the county, and was attempting, as some of the testimony tends to show, to arrest the appellant, who was engaged in a fight.
The appellant contends that the indictment was insufficient because it did not charge that the assault was committed with premeditation. The indictment alleges that the assault was made unlawfully, feloniously, wilfully, and with malice…
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