White v. State

Tom Glaze, Justice.

A Miller County jury found the appellant guilty of capital murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment without parole. On appeal, the appellant argues that there was insufficient evidence to convict him of capital murder. In addition, he argues that he was denied equal protection because of the state’s use of its peremptory challenges to strike two black jurors, and that Arkansas’s capital murder and first degree murder statutes overlap and are therefore unconstitutional. We affirm the appellant’s conviction.

Appellant first contends the trial court erred in failing to…