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BEVILLS v. STATE

No. CR78-136.

575 S.W.2d 443 (1979)

J. D. BEVILLS, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, Division 1.

January 15, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Skillman & Durrett by Vincent E. Skillman, Jr., West Memphis, for appellant.

Bill Clinton, Atty. Gen. by Joyce Williams Warren, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

PURTLE, Justice.

Appellant J. D. Bevills was charged with murder in the second degree in the Circuit Court of Cross County, Arkansas. A jury trial on February 14, 1978, resulted in appellant being convicted of the reduced charge of manslaughter and fixed his punishment at a sentence of five (5) years imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Corrections.

At the close of all the evidence, the appellant moved for a directed verdict upon the grounds that there...

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