Supreme Court of Arkansas

Nathaniel Fort v. State of Arkansas

October 9, 2025

Summary

The court affirmed Fort’s capital-murder conviction and life sentence. It held that admitting the improperly attested autopsy report was error but harmless because the cause of death was undisputed, the report was cumulative, and the evidence of Fort’s accomplice liability was overwhelming. The court declined to review Fort’s allocution and short-report challenges because he failed to preserve them in the circuit court.