Byrd v. State

Ray Thornton, Justice.

Appellant Clinton Eugene Byrd appeals the judgment of the Craighead County Circuit Court finding him guilty of first-degree murder for the June 7, 1997, death of Austin Davis, the seven-month-old son of appellant’s girlfriend. Appellant was tried by a jury and sentenced to fife imprisonment, which gives rise to our jurisdiction to review this matter under Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 1-2(a)(2). Appellant raises four arguments for reversal: (1) That there was insufficient evidence that he knowingly caused the child’s death; (2) that the trial court improperly sustained an objection…