Mayo v. State

W.H.“Dub” Arnold, Chief Justice.

On January 27, 1998, a jury convicted the appellant, Richard Keith Mayo, of the capital murder of his wife, Joyce Mayo. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction. Accordingly, our jurisdiction is authorized pursuant to Ark. Sup. Ct. Rule 1 — 2(a)(2) (1998). The appellant raises two points on appeal. First, Mayo argues that the trial court erred by denying him the right to represent himself at trial. Second, he contends that the trial court erred by failing to submit three non-model instructions to the jury that would permit…