Harold Bennett v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed Bennett’s first-degree-murder conviction and life sentence with a fifteen-year firearm enhancement. It held that admitting testimony about a custodial interview with defective audio did not violate the recording rule because the interview was recorded, the malfunction was not intentional, and the testimony was consistent with later statements. It also held that the circuit court did not abuse its discretion by admitting sixteen crime-scene and autopsy photographs after individually weighing their probative value and prejudice.