Ellis v. State

Ernie E. Wright, Chief Judge.

This appeal to the Arkansas Supreme Court has been assigned to the Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 29(3).

Appellant was convicted by a jury in the Washington County Circuit Court of aggravated robbery, a class A felony, in violation of Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-2102, and from the judgment brings this appeal urging three points for reversal, hereinafter separately discussed.

I

Appellant contends the court erred in refusing to instruct the jury that, ‘ ‘ Self-induced intoxication is an affirmative defense to a prosecution if it negates the evidence of a purposeful mental…