Atwood v. State (Majority, with Concurring and Dissenting)
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The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of capital murder and sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, holding that there was no prejudicial error in the proceedings below.
Specifically, the Supreme Court held (1) the evidence was sufficient to support the conviction; (2) the circuit court did not err in admitting evidence regarding Defendant's prior bad acts under Ark. R. Crim. P. 404(b) because the evidence had independent relevance and was not unduly prejudicial; and (3) the circuit court did not err in not allowing Defendant to question a detective regarding a prior inconsistent statement made by a witness.
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