Vance v. State

DONALD L. CORBIN, Justice.

11 Appellant Curtis Lavell Vance appeals the judgment of the Pulaski County Circuit Court entered pursuant to a jury verdict convicting him of capital murder, residential burglary, theft of property, and rape. Although the State sought the death penalty for the capital-murder charge, the jury sentenced Appellant to life imprisonment without parole. That sentence renders jurisdiction of this appeal properly in this court pursuant to Arkansas Supreme Court Rule l-2(a)(2) (2011). For reversal, Appellant contends the circuit court erred by failing to suppress evidence…