Thornton v. State

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2015 Ark. 438

SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CR-15-287 JUSTIN JAMAILLE THORNTON Opinion Delivered December 3, 2015 APPELLANT APPEAL FROM THE LINCOLN V. COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT [NO. 40CR-11-47-1] STATE OF ARKANSAS HONORABLE BERLIN C. JONES, APPELLEE JUDGE REVERSED AND DISMISSED. HOWARD W. BRILL, Chief Justice Appellant Justin Thornton appeals from an order of the Lincoln County Circuit Court convicting him of first-degree murder and sentencing him to a term of forty years’ imprisonment. On appeal, Thornton contends that the circuit court erred in (1) denying his motion to dismiss the…