Tate v. State

242 S.W.3d 254 (2006)

Kevin TATE, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. CR 06-084.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 2, 2006.

Montgomery, Adams & Wyatt, PLC, by Dale E. Adams, Little Rock, AR, for appellant.

Mike Beebe, Att'y Gen., by Kent G. Holt, Ass't Att'y Gen., Little Rock, AR, for appellee.

BETTY C. DICKEY, Justice.

Appellant Kevin Tate was convicted by a jury of the first-degree murder of Melissa Portwood and sentenced to forty years' imprisonment. He asserts four points on appeal, arguing that the trial court erred: (1) by admitting the testimony of Brande Schaffer that Tate fired a…