Supreme Court of Arkansas

Tyrone Allen Ellis v. State of Arkansas

February 16, 20122012 Ark. LEXIS 84

Summary

The court affirmed Ellis’s convictions for first-degree murder and felon in possession of a firearm. It held that eyewitness testimony, corroborating firearm and ammunition evidence, and medical evidence constituted substantial evidence supporting the murder conviction, and that the circuit court did not abuse its discretion by permitting limited impeachment questioning about Ellis’s prior felony convictions. The opinion contains no separate writings.