Carter v. State

ROBERT L. Brown, Justice.

Appellant Ethridge Carter was convicted of murdering his wife, Shirley Carter. He appeals his conviction and life sentence on grounds of insufficiency of the evidence and various errors committed at trial. We conclude that the evidence submitted by the State was substantial and that no reversible error occurred at trial. Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed.

At about 10:15 a.m. on April 29, 1994, the Heber Springs Police Department received a 911 call that Shirley Carter had been shot at her home. She had been shot through the head with a .22 caliber semi-automatic…