Catlett v. State

The appellant, Michael Catlett, was convicted of capital murder and was sentenced to life without parole. We affirmed the conviction and sentence in Catlett v. State, 321 Ark. 1, 900 S.W.2d 523 (1995). Catlett subsequently sought postconviction relief pursuant to A.R.Cr.P. Rule 37. The Trial Court denied relief. We affirm.

Catlett was charged with capital murder for the shooting death of his former girlfriend, Stephanie Jungkind, on October 1, 1993. To support its theory that the murder was premeditated, the State introduced several witnesses during the trial whose testimony indicated that…