Ward v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1Opinion of the Court
Donald L. Corbin, Justice.
Appellant Bruce Earl Ward was convicted by a Pulaski County jury of the capital murder of Rebecca Doss. The jury imposed the sentence of death by lethal injection. On appeal, appellant raises six allegations of error, most of which are confined to the propriety of the death sentence. While we find no reversible error in appellant’s conviction, we agree with appellant that prejudicial error occurred in the trial’s sentencing phase. Consequently, we affirm appellant’s conviction yet reverse the death sentence and remand for resentencing
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