Craig v. State

WENDELL L. GRIFFEN, Judge.

A Nevada County Circuit Court jury convicted Toby Patrick Craig of murder in the first degree concerning the beating death of Jake McKinnon, and Craig was sentenced to forty years’ imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction. Craig has appealed that conviction and asserts: (1) that the conviction is not supported by substantial evidence that he purposely caused McKinnon’s death; (2) that the trial judge erred by not granting his motion to dismiss; (3) that the trial court erred by not allowing him to present evidence of self-defense; (4) that the trial…