McArty v. State

Steele Hays, Justice.

Appellant Randall Thomas McArty was charged with the first degree murder of Teresa Chamberlain. McArty was tried, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction. Two points for reversal are argued: it was error to allow the state to question a medical expert on matters beyond his experience and the evidence of guilt was not sufficient to support the verdict. As we cannot sustain the arguments, we affirm the judgment entered pursuant to the verdict.

The facts, related from the state’s position, are these: At about 10:30 p.m., July 31,…