Legal Opinion

Jackson v. State

Court of Appeals of Arkansas

Decided May 30, 2018No. CR–17–944PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBart F. Virden, Judge

A Mississippi County jury convicted appellant Michael Jackson as an accomplice to first-degree murder and aggravated robbery in connection with the shooting death of Yuri McKeever. Jackson was sentenced to an aggregate term of forty years'

*57imprisonment. On appeal, he argues that the trial court erred in denying his directed-verdict motion and that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting a recording of clips from a surveillance video. We affirm Jackson's convictions.

I. Trial Testimony

Eric Farrell, a former detective with the Blytheville Police Department, testified that on June 8,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Grant v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2004
  2. Cook v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2002
  3. Van Jenkins v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2002
  4. Mainard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2008
  5. Colston v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2017

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