Jackson v. State

Ray Thornton, Justice.

Alvin Bernal Jackson, a/k/a tice. convicted of capital murder in Pulaski County Circuit Court and was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. We affirmed Mr. Jackson’s sentence in Jackson v. State, 306 Ark. 70, 811 S.W.2d 299 (1991). While serving the above sentence, Mr. Jackson was charged with capital murder in the death of Scott Grimes, a correctional officer at the Maximum Security Unit in Jefferson County. Mr. Jackson was tried in Jefferson County Circuit Court and found guilty. During the sentencing phase of the trial, the trial court found an error on the…