Johnson v. State

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2017 Ark. 206

SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CR-16-719 DANIEL CURTIS JOHNSON Opinion Delivered March 30, 2017 APPELLANT APPEAL FROM THE MISSISSIPPI V. COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, CHICKASAWBA DISTRICT [NO. 47CR-15-326] STATE OF ARKANSAS APPELLEE HONORABLE MELISSA BRISTOW RICHARDSON, JUDGE AFFIRMED. KAREN R. BAKER, Associate Justice On April 20, 2016, a Mississippi County Circuit Court jury convicted appellant, Daniel Curtis Johnson, of first-degree murder and found that he had used a firearm in the commission of that murder.1 Johnson was sentenced to life imprisonment and fifteen years’…