Banks v. State

347 S.W.3d 31 (2009)

2009 Ark. 483

Kevin BANKS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. CR 09-95.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 8, 2009.

Lea Ellen Fowler, North Little Rock, for appellant.

Dustin McDaniel, Att'y Gen., by: Jake H. Jones, Ass't Att'y Gen., for appellee.

JIM GUNTER, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of first-degree murder and given a sentence of life imprisonment. He now appeals his conviction, asserting that the trial court erred in allowing certain testimony under Ark. R. Evid. 404(b) (2009). Because this is a criminal appeal in which life imprisonment has been imposed, this…