Arthur L. Hicks, Jr., Appellant v. State of Arkansas, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed Hicks's capital-murder conviction and sentence, holding that substantial evidence supported the jury's finding that he attempted to commit robbery before shooting the victim. The court also held that the victim's statement to an emergency medical technician was admissible as an excited utterance and that the circuit court did not abuse its discretion in admitting it. Justice Hart, concurring, agreed with affirmance but would have admitted the statement under the medical-diagnosis-or-treatment exception instead.