Tacori MacKrell v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed Mackrell’s convictions and consecutive sentences, holding that the circuit court properly refused his proposed lack-of-criminal-responsibility instructions, admitted photographs of the victim’s remains, denied his motion concerning the prosecutor’s reference to representing “the people,” and denied his mistrial motion based on the prosecutor’s comment about lack of remorse. The court concluded that the evidence did not support a mental disease or defect, the photographs had probative purposes, Mackrell showed no prejudice from the prosecutor’s isolated reference, and the remorse comment was inferable from his testimony and was not sufficiently prejudicial to require a mistrial.