Morgan Weatherford v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed Weatherford’s convictions and sentences for first-degree murder, residential burglary, theft of property, and the child-presence enhancement. It held that substantial evidence supported the murder conviction, while the remaining sufficiency challenges were unpreserved or waived; it also upheld the admission of Weatherford’s custodial statements, autopsy photographs, and excluded mitigation documents. The court concluded that the statements were voluntary and made with a knowing and intelligent waiver under the totality of the circumstances, and that the trial court acted within its discretion on the evidentiary issues.