Ellis v. State

Annabelle Clinton Imber, Justice.

Orlando Ray Elhs, Appellant, was convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Quincent James. A jury sentenced Mr. Elhs to life imprisonment without parole in the Arkansas Department of Correction. On appeal, Mr. Ellis argues that the trial court’s failure to instruct the jury on reckless manslaughter was reversible error. We disagree and affirm.

The facts are undisputed. August 27, 1999, was Mr. James’s thirtieth birthday. On that day, he went over to his sister’s house in Southwest Litde Rock to visit with her children. At some point during that…