Deric Smith v. State of Arkansas

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2025 Ark. 83

SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CR-22-715 Opinion Delivered May 22, 2025 DERIC SMITH APPELLANT APPEAL FROM THE JEFFERSON V. COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT [NO. 35CR-20-336] STATE OF ARKANSAS APPELLEE HONORABLE ALEX GUYNN, JUDGE AFFIRMED. BARBARA W. WEBB, Justice Deric Smith appeals from a jury verdict in the Jefferson County Circuit Court finding him guilty of capital murder in the shooting death of Emmanuel Foster, and first-degree battery in the wounding of Jason Anderson. He received a sentence of life imprisonment without parole for the murder and fifteen years for the battery,…