Melissa Stearns v. State of Arkansas

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2019 Ark. App. 486

Digitally signed by Elizabeth ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS Perry Date: 2022.08.04 11:54:13 DIVISION III -05'00' No. CR-18-1056 Adobe Acrobat version: 2022.001.20169 Opinion Delivered: October 23, 2019 MELISSA STEARNS APPELLANT APPEAL FROM THE PULASKI COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, V. SEVENTH DIVISION [NO. 60CR-14-722] STATE OF ARKANSAS APPELLEE HONORABLE BARRY SIMS, JUDGE DISMISSED MIKE MURPHY, Judge On March 21, 2016, appellant Melissa Stearns was convicted in the Pulaski County Circuit Court of first-degree murder for the stabbing death of Herschel Johnson. She was sentenced to…