Johnson v. State

|!Appellant Latavious D. Johnson was convicted by a Lee County jury of.the capital murder of Barbara A. Ester and sentenced to death. Because the death penalty was imposed in this case, our jurisdiction is pursuant to Arkansas Supreme Court Rule l~2(a)(2) (2015). Johnson raises the following points on appeal: (1) the circuit court erred in denying a jury instruction on the extreme-emotional-disturbance formulation of manslaughter pursuant to Arkansas Code Annotated section 5-10-104(a)(l) (Repl. 2013); and (2) the circuit court erred in refusing to grant access to certain Arkansas Department…