Kayvon Ward v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed Ward's convictions for first-degree murder and aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, holding that substantial evidence supported the jury's findings that he acted with the required purposes when he shot at the officers. The court viewed the evidence in the light most favorable to the State and deferred to the jury's credibility determinations, including its rejection of Ward's mental-disease-or-defect defense. The court also conducted the required review for prejudicial error and found none.