Carmichael v. State

Steele Hays, Justice.

Appellant James Carmichael was convicted of capital felony murder and attempted rape. He was sentenced to life without parole and has appealed on three assignments of error: (I) the trial court erred in limiting appellant’s cross-examination, (II) in allowing the state to argue a fact not supported by the evidence and (III) in refusing to direct a verdict for insufficient evidence. We sustain the trial court.

Evidence offered by the state established that around 1:30 a.m. on April 19, 1987, Mrs. Elizabeth Marsh left a lounge in North Little Rock. As she drove home a car…