# State v. Vowell

> Supreme Court of Arkansas · June 1, 1982 · 276 Ark. 258

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9660181

## Case

- **Full name:** STATE of Arkansas v. W. T. VOWELL
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Arkansas
- **Decided:** June 1, 1982
- **Citations:** 276 Ark. 258; 634 S.W.2d 118; 1982 Ark. LEXIS 1387
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Hickman
- **Judges:** Dudley, Hickman, Purtle
- **Cited by:** 18 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Darrell Hickman, Justice, concurring. I concur with the result. I have not changed the view I expressed in Martin v. State, 261 Ark. 80 , 547 S.W.2d 81 (1977). Therefore, I can find no “intent” or culpable mental state in the charge of first degree battery. I feel the prior convictions were admissible simply to rebut Vowell’s statement that the vehicular collision was an accident. See Ark. Stat. Ann. § 28-1001, Rule 404 (b); Enriquez v. U.S., 188 F.2d 313 (9th Cir. 1951).
Purtle, J., joins in this concurrence.

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