Rawls v. State

George Rose Smith, Justice.

In June of 1975 the appellant killed R. C. Edwards, with whom she was living, by shooting him some fourteen times with a rifle. She was charged by information with second-degree murder and with the commission of that felony by means of a firearm. The jury returned a verdict of guilty upon each count and imposed consecutive sentences of ten and five years.

The appellant makes a twofold constitutional attack upon the firearm statute. Ark. Stat. Ann. §§ 43-2336 et seq. (Supp. 1975). It is argued, without the citation of any supporting authority, that the statute denies…