Smith v. State

ANNABELLE Clinton Imber, Justice.

Clay King Smith was convicted of five counts of capital murder and sentenced to death by a Jefferson County jury on March 18, 1999. Mr. Smith waived his right to an appeal. This is an automatic review of the entire capital-murder and death-sentence record pursuant to the procedure this court set out in State v. Robbins, 339 Ark. 379, 5 S.W.3d 51 (1999). We find no error.

Procedural History

In State v. Smith, 340 Ark. 257, 12 S.W.3d 629 (2000), we summarized the procedural history of this case up to that point, as follows:

On March 18, 1999, judgment was entered…