Deviney v. State

Lawson Cloninger, Judge.

In this appeal of their conviction on second degree murder charges, appellants raise two points for reversal. We find neither persuasive, and we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Appellants were married on December 24, 1983. They each had a male child by previous marriages. Christopher Love, the son of appellant Nancy Deviney, was nearly sixteen months old at the time of his death on January 24, 1984. Appellants were charged two days later with murder in the second degree under Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-1502 (Repl. 1977). A jury trial was held on June 11, 1984, and…