Legal Opinion · Dissent

Hart v. State

Court of Appeals of Arkansas

Decided March 24, 1999No. CA CR 98-608Published

1DissentJosephine Linker Hart, Judge

The appellant shot at a Cadillac in the parking lot of a nightclub. Subse-quendy, he shot at a Hyundai in which the victims were riding while both the vehicle in which the appellant was riding and the Hyundai were traveling down the interstate. The majority concludes that testimony that the appellant shot at the Cadillac was relevant to establish that he fired at the Hyundai with an absence of mistake or accident and that it was part of the res gestae by corroborating evidence that the appellant had possession of a gun. The majority also concludes that the evidence of guilt was so…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Rowdean v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1983
  2. Mask v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1993
  3. Lincoln v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1984
  4. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1998
  5. Hunter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1998

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