Davis v. State

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction for capital murder under Ark. Code Ann. § 5-10-101(a)(l) (Supp. 1993). The penalty assessed was life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Appellant Nakia Davis questions the trial court’s decision denying his motion for a directed verdict following the State’s case, which motion he premised on the insufficiency of the evidence for the underlying felony of aggravated robbery. We affirm the judgment of conviction.

In her opening statement at trial, the prosecutor set out her theory of the case which was that…