Supreme Court of Arkansas

Chad Kitchell v. State of Arkansas

March 5, 2020594 S.W.3d 848

Summary

The court held that informing the resentencing jury about Kitchell's previously vacated life-without-parole sentence was irrelevant and unfairly prejudicial under Rule 403. Because the court could not determine that the evidence did not affect the jury's sentencing decision, the error was not harmless, and the life sentence was reversed for a new sentencing hearing.