Brunson v. State

ROBERT L. BROWN, Justice.

Appellant Larry Darnell Brunson was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and was sentenced to two life terms, to run consecutively. His appeal consists of three allegations of error relating to the testimony of Barbara Ann Neiss: (1) that he was not sufficiently advised that Ms. Neiss would be an expert witness, in violation of Ark. R. Crim. P. 17.1; (2) that Ms. Neiss was not qualified to render an opinion on his proclivity to murder; and (3) that Ms. Neiss’s opinion embraced the ultimate issue for the jury to decide and was unduly prejudicial. The trial…