Taylor v. State

| Appellant Kenyon Taylor appeals his conviction by a Garland County jury of one count of murder in the first degree, one count of battery in the first degree, and a firearm enhancement, for which he received an aggregate sentence of fifty-five years’ imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC). 1 He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his convictions and also alleges that the trial court erred in suppressing evidence of the victim’s intoxication. We affirm.

|2I. Facts

Appellant initially was charged with first-degree murder and criminal attempt to commit…