SIMPSON v. STATE

No. CR 81-8.

623 S.W.2d 200 (1981)

James David SIMPSON, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Carpenter, Jr., North Little Rock, and Thomas M. Carpenter, Little Rock, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., Little Rock by Theodore Holder, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


HICKMAN, Justice.

James David Simpson, Jr. was convicted of two counts of capital murder and one count of aggravated robbery. He was sentenced to two life sentences without parole for the murders and life imprisonment for the aggravated robbery.

The charges arose out of a shooting that occurred on March 4, 1979, at a trailer occupied by two brothers, Carl and Larry Gilmore. The jury found that Simpson killed Larry Gilmore and his brother, Grealing, and shot...

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