Abernathy v. State

BRADLEY D. Jesson, Chief Justice.

Appellant Anthony Lamar Abernathy was convicted by jury of the first-degree murder of his girlfriend, seventeen-year-old Kendra Broadway, and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal, he asserts that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting testimony of prior bad acts. We affirm.

The State’s evidence against the appellant included the following. On the evening of January 28, 1994, and into the early morning hours of January 29, 1994, appellant was drinking at a friend’s house in Litde Rock when he noticed he was missing $80.00. Angrily suspecting…