King v. State

Lavenski R. Smith, Justice.

Elgin King appeals his second conviction for the first-degree murder of Willie Simpkins from Pulaski County Circuit Court. Appellant was originally charged by felony information with capital murder and tried by jury. The jury found Simpkins guilty of the lesser included offense of first-degree murder and sentenced him to forty years. On appeal, this court reversed the trial court for failure to instruct the jury on witness Vernon Scott as a possible accomplice. In Appellant’s second trial the prosecution sought to prove first-degree murder. The jury, once again,…