Kemp v. State

Ray Thornton, Justice.

This appeal arises from a trial court’s denial of the Rule 37 petition. Appellant, Timothy Kemp, was arrested and charged with four counts of capital murder. He was convicted and sentenced to death by lethal injection on each count. The factual background surrounding appellant’s conviction was outlined in Kemp v. State, 324 Ark. 178, 919 S.W.2d 943 (1996) (Kemp I).

In Kemp I, we affirmed the conviction and sentence pertaining to one victim, Richard Falls, and affirmed the convictions only as to the remaining three counts. We reversed the death sentences as to the three…