Raymond David Leach Iii v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed Leach's capital-murder conviction and life-without-parole sentence. It held that substantial evidence supported both causation and the premeditated and deliberate purpose to kill, and that the trial court properly admitted his custodial statement and an officer's opinion testimony. The remaining evidentiary challenges were either unpreserved because Leach failed to make a sufficient proffer or specific objection, or lacked merit under the applicable evidentiary standard.