Ricardo D. McDaniel v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The Supreme Court of Arkansas affirmed McDaniel's convictions and sentences after holding that the circuit court did not abuse its discretion by denying a mistrial. A witness's unsolicited reference to having appeared at work with a black eye was nonresponsive and potentially prejudicial, but the prosecutor did not deliberately elicit it and the circuit court promptly instructed the jury to disregard the extraneous testimony.