Weaver v. State

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

This is .an appeal by appellant James Ross Weaver, Jr. from a conviction for capital murder and a sentence of life without parole in connection with the death of John Rogers. In December 1989 the appellant, who is age 19, and Rogers and a third party, Alan Hubbard, were roommates in a house in Little Rock. Ill will developed among the three, apparently relating to money and Rogers’ failure to pay rent for several months. On the evening of December 13,1989, the appellant and Hubbard went to the Catón residence to borrow an instrument which, according to the testimony…