Williams v. State

11Appellant Fred L. Williams appeals from the sentencing order of the Drew County Circuit Court reflecting his convictions for murder in the first degree and abuse of a corpse and his total sentence of life imprisonment. His sole point on appeal is that the circuit court erred in denying his motions for directed verdict. We affirm Williams’s convictions and sentence.

The facts, as taken from the record, are these. On the morning of April 5, 2013, Tangela Walton accompanied her daughter on a Southeast Arkansas Transportation bus from their home in Warren to her school in Monticello. After…