Strobbe v. State

Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.

David Strobbe was convicted of the murder of Marian Mullins and was sentenced to life in prison. Mullins was brutally beaten and run over by a vehicle on May 15, 1986, near West Memphis, Arkansas. The only eye witness to the murder (Michael Phillips) was the State’s main witness. His testimony played a major part in the State’s case.

Strobbe was arrested and charged with first degree murder on May 15,1986. The charge was then changed to capital murder with the underlying felony of rape. Before the case was submitted to the jury, the State reduced the underlying…