Markus Gentry v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed Gentry’s second-degree-murder conviction, holding that substantial evidence supported rejection of his justification defense and that the trial court properly admitted gang-affiliation evidence and Gamble’s statements. The court reversed the separate ten-year firearm-enhancement sentence because the governing statute requires ten years before parole eligibility rather than authorizing an additional ten-year term. The case was remanded with instructions to correct the sentencing order.