Shankle v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1Opinion of the Court
Tom Glaze, Justice.
Appellant raises six points for reversal of his convictions for first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated assault for which he was sentenced to a total of forty-two years imprisonment. None of his points have merit, so we affirm.
Appellant first argues the evidence is insufficient to support his convictions, but we must hold this issue was not preserved below. As we have repeatedly held, in order to argue sufficiency of the evidence on appeal, the appellant must make a directed verdict motion at the end of the state’s case and again at the end of trial. A.R.Cr.P. Rule…
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