Christopher McDaniels v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed McDaniels's first-degree-murder conviction and life sentence. It held that his challenge to the State's failure to disprove self-defense was unpreserved, but that the evidence sufficiently established purposeful killing through the number and nature of the wounds and McDaniels's conduct. The court also held that his threat to harm Petty and burn the house was relevant to intent and did not create unfair prejudice.