Johnson v. State

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

Appellant Stacey Johnson appeals his conviction for capital murder and his sentence of death by lethal injection. He raises multiple bases for reversal, including an assertion that his identification in a photo lineup by the victim’s six-year-old daughter was inadmissible hearsay. We agree and reverse the judgment of conviction and remand for a new trial.

Carol Heath was brutally murdered in her duplex apartment in DeQueen on either the night of April 1, 1993, or the early morning hours of April 2, 1993. She was beaten, strangled, and had her throat slit while her two…