Jones v. State

Annabelle Clinton Imber, Justice.

Appellant Jimmy Jones was convicted by a Pulaski County jury of first-degree murder with a firearm enhancement. He was sentenced as a habitual offender to terms of thirty years’ imprisonment for the murder and eight years’ imprisonment on the firearm enhancement. He now appeals, contending that the circuit court erred in refusing his request to strike a juror for cause due to the juror’s professed fear of retribution. The State cross-appeals, asking this court to declare error with regard to the circuit court’s reliance on Brooks v. State, 328 Ark. 32, 941…