WORKMAN, v. STATE OF ARKANSAS (Majority)
Annotate this CaseIn the Supreme Court of Arkansas case, Jeffery Allen Workman was convicted of first-degree murder, aggravated residential burglary, and second-degree battery, and sentenced to consecutive sentences of life in prison. The charges originated from an incident where Workman broke into a residence to retrieve a computer and in the process, shot and killed a man named David Basham. On appeal, Workman argued that the State failed to provide substantial evidence that he committed first-degree murder. However, the Supreme Court found that Workman failed to properly preserve this issue for appeal, as he did not renew his motion for a directed verdict at the close of all the evidence as required by the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure. Therefore, the court affirmed his convictions. Additionally, the court conducted a Rule 4-3(a) review due to Workman's life imprisonment sentence and found no reversible error.
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