Gentry v. State (Majority)
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The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction for second-degree murder and sentence of life imprisonment but reversed the additional ten years added to the sentence for a firearm enhancement, holding that Defendant's ten-year sentence under Ark. Code Ann. 16-90-121 was illegal.
Specifically, the Supreme Court held (1) there was sufficient evidence to support Defendant's conviction because the State met its burden of negating Defendant's justification defense; (2) the trial court did not abuse its discretion by permitting the State to introduce evidence about Defendant's gang affiliation; (3) the trial court abused its discretion in admitting certain hearsay statements attributed to the decedent as dying declarations; and (4) the trial court illegally added ten years to Gentry’s life sentence under section 16-90-121.
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