Byrd v. State
This text of 464 S.W.2d 565 (Byrd v. State) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Supreme Court of Arkansas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
The appellants, Loyd Henry Byrd and Calvin Ford, were convicted of voluntary manslaughter. From that conviction they have here lodged a transcript. Appellants asked the trial court for an appeal and that prayer was denied. They did not thereafter apply to this court for an appeal, which procedure is authorized by Ark. Stat. Ann. § 43-2709. The same situation was present in McKine v. State, 242 Ark. 384, 413 S. W. 2d 860 (1967). We there held that the granting of an appeal in criminal cases in accordance with the statutory procedure is a prerequisite to our consideration of the case.
If we were to reach the case on its merits a majority of the court would affirm.
Dismissed.
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464 S.W.2d 565, 250 Ark. 223, 1971 Ark. LEXIS 1246, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/byrd-v-state-ark-1971.