Laron Hayes, Jr. v. State of Arkansas

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2020 Ark. 297

SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CR-19-643 Opinion Delivered: October 1, 2020 LARON HAYES, JR. APPELLANT APPEAL FROM THE BRADLEY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT V. [NO. 06CR-17-71] STATE OF ARKANSAS HONORABLE SAM POPE, JUDGE APPELLEE AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED AND REMANDED IN PART. KAREN R. BAKER, Associate Justice On April 25, 2019, Appellant Laron Hayes, Jr., was convicted by a Bradley County Circuit Court jury of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated assault, and first-degree terroristic threatening. He was sentenced to life imprisonment plus a fifteen-year firearm…