Hayes v. State

Richard B. Adkisson, Justice.

This is the second time that appellant, T. J. Hayes, has been convicted by a jury of the capital felony murder of his girlfriend, Catherine Carter, and a cab driver, J. W. Lunsford, and sentenced to death. On the first appeal we reversed and remanded, Hayes v. State, 274 Ark. 440, 625 S.W.2d 498 (1981). We now affirm.

At trial, the girlfriend’s parents testified that on the afternoon of July 16, 1979, appellant and their daughter, who were both black, were at their home in Pine Bluff. By previous agreement with the Yellow Cab Company, a cab was to pick the daughter…