Galvin v. State

Andree Layton Roaf, Justice.

Appellant Robert Earl Galvin was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to thirty-six years imprisonment. For his sole point on appeal, Galvin contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a directed verdict. We affirm.

At appellant’s trial an officer with the Little Rock Police Department testified that he received a call at 2:31 a.m. on December 19, 1993, and, after arriving at the intersection of Twenty-fifth and Maple, discovered the body of the victim, Joey Madaris, lying in a grassy area next to a fence near the corner. In addition, an…