Stockstill v. State

IvA Pulaski County jury convicted Lawa-na Stockstill of first-degree terroristic threatening and aggravated assault of her former roommate Steven Jackson. 1 She appeals her convictions and argues that the circuit court (1) abused its discretion by admitting Officer David Moore’s opinion testimony; (2) abused its discretion by denying her motion for a mistrial; and (3) erred in denying her directed-verdict motion on the charge of first-degree terroristic threatening. We affirm.

At trial, Jackson testified that she and Stockstill had lived together in his house as platonic roommates and that…