Harshaw v. State

ANNABELLE Clinton Imber, Justice.

Appellant, Makybe Shinda Harshaw, was charged and convicted of second-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of Casey Cunningham. He was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. On appeal to the Arkansas Court of Appeals, Mr. Harshaw argued that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury, pursuant to his proffer, on the lesser-included offense of manslaughter. The court of appeals agreed with Mr. Harshaw and reversed and remanded for a new trial. Harshaw v. State, 71 Ark. App. 42, 25 S.W.3d 440 (2000). We granted the State’s petition to…