Justin Jamaille Thornton, Appellant v. State of Arkansas, Appellee — Goodson, J., Dissenting

Summary

Justice Goodson dissented from the majority's conclusion that the evidence was insufficient to support premeditation and deliberation for Thornton's capital-murder conviction. The dissent would have viewed the evidence in the light most favorable to the State and deferred to the fact-finder's resolution of competing inferences and credibility. It also disagreed with the majority's decision to find a burden-of-proof error based on an argument Thornton did not present on appeal.