Billy Dale Green, Appellant v. State of Arkansas, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed Billy Dale Green’s convictions for four counts of capital murder and kidnapping, concluding that substantial evidence supported the verdicts and that none of the asserted evidentiary, instructional, juror, record, or sentencing-order errors warranted relief. The court held that Chad Green’s statements were admitted for a nonhearsay investigative purpose, that curative instructions adequately addressed improper testimony, and that the remaining claims were either meritless, unpreserved, invited, or within the circuit court’s discretion. Chief Justice Hannah, joined by Justices Corbin and Danielson, dissented in part, concluding that the evidence did not substantially connect Billy to the murders of Carl, Lisa, and Gregory Elliott, while agreeing that the kidnapping and Felicia Elliott murder convictions and the remaining rulings should stand.