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- Title: Upton v. State
- Author : Supreme Court of Arkansas
- Release Date : January 23, 1973
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 49 KB
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Harold Sherman Upton, aged 28, was found guilty of murder in the first degree, committed in the perpetration of robbery, and was sentenced to imprisonment for life. His appointed counsel argue 25 points for reversal, a number of which are overlapping. The crime occurred on December 27, 1971. Upton and his wife, according to Upton's confession, picked up the decedent, Woodrow Defee, on a highway in Union county. Within a short time Upton stopped the car and attempted to rob Defee, at gunpoint. When Defee grabbed the barrel of the gun Upton shot him twice, first in the shoulder and then in the head. The Uptons then drove on, leaving Defee's body near the highway. The police, by tracing a long-distance call that Upton made at a truck stop in Village, Arkansas, were able to identify Upton and to bring about his arrest in Louisiana.