Brown v. State

The majority's fear of technology has led it to abandon our standard of review and tell the Arkansas Supreme Court what Arkansas Rule of Evidence 901 should mean. For the following reasons, I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion.

A determination to admit or exclude evidence will not be reversed absent an abuse of the circuit court's discretion, which requires that the circuit court act improvidently, thoughtlessly, or without due consideration.1 Nor will this court reverse absent a showing of prejudice.2

Rule 901 provides that appearance, contents, substance, internal patterns, or…