Van Pelt v. State

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

The appellant, Larry Van Pelt, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life without parole for the shooting death of a store clerk, Bernice Henyard, in Parkin, Arkansas. The appellant raises five arguments on appeal. The arguments have no merit, and we affirm the conviction.

On October 24, 1989, between 11:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m., Henyard was working at P.J.’s Country Store in Parkin. Her fiance, Anthony Dinwiddie, was in the store eating chicken at a booth and visiting with her. While there, Dinwiddie noticed a man in a white cowboy hat walking down the…