Paul Anthony Norris v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed Norris's convictions for capital murder, aggravated robbery, and first-degree battery. It held that substantial evidence supported the capital-felony-murder and aggravated-robbery convictions, including evidence linking the robbery to the killing. The court also held that the evidence provided no rational basis for imperfect-self-defense or negligent-homicide instructions, and the trial court therefore did not abuse its discretion in refusing them.