Tanner v. State

John A. Fogleman, Justice.

Billy Don Tanner was charged with the capital felony murder of his sister-in-law, Sue Keith and her two children Carolyn Sue, aged three, and James Randall, aged six, by beating them “and cutting their throats with a knife”. He was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. He contends on appeal that the statute providing for imprisonment without parole is unconstitutional and that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a confession and certain photographs.

Appellant argues that the statute [Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-4707 (Supp.…