BEASLEY v. STATE

No. CR 06-1400.

258 S.W.3d 728 (2007)

Kelvin BEASLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 14, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Luppen, Little Rock, AR, for appellant.

Dustin McDaniel, Att'y Gen., by: Kent G. Holt, Ass't Att'y Gen., Little Rock, AR, for appellee.


JIM HANNAH, Chief Justice.

Appellant Kelvin Beasley was convicted by a Pulaski County jury of capital murder in the shooting death of Jermaine Jacko and sentenced to life in prison without parole. For reversal, Beasley argues that the circuit court abused its discretion in allowing the State to introduce into evidence an absent witness's testimony from a bond-reduction hearing under the hearsay exception stated in Rules 804(a)(5) and (b)(1) of the Arkansas Rules of...

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