Courtney Jarrell Douglas, Appellant v. State of Arkansas, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed Douglas's convictions and sentences, holding that his public-trial claim was preserved but failed on the merits because the circuit court found that no courtroom closure occurred during voir dire. The court also held that Douglas's challenges to the manslaughter and justification instructions were not preserved because counsel neither properly objected nor proffered the correct instructions, and no exception to the contemporaneous-objection rule applied.