Melvin Lockhart Iii v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed Lockhart’s convictions for capital murder and theft of property. It held that the evidence, including surveillance footage, eyewitness testimony, vehicle identification, and firearm and shell-casing evidence linking Lockhart to another murder, was sufficient to support the verdicts. It also held that evidence of the other murder and the attempted robbery was independently relevant to identity and that its probative value was not substantially outweighed by unfair prejudice.