Desmond Evans, Appellant v. State of Arkansas, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed Evans’s capital-murder conviction and life-without-parole sentence. It held that his challenge to the omitted lesser-included-offense instructions was unpreserved because he did not proffer the proposed instructions, that the autopsy photographs were properly admitted because they helped explain the cause and nature of the fatal injuries, and that his discovery-timing challenge to the jail letter was waived by accepting a continuance in lieu of exclusion. The court found no prejudicial error in its required review of the record.