Raymond Lovett v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed Lovett’s capital-murder conviction and sentence, holding that his challenges to the prosecutor’s closing arguments were not preserved because he neither obtained rulings on the objections nor developed the appellate theories below. The court also held that the circuit court did not abuse its discretion by declining to give a curative instruction, particularly because the jury had already been told that closing arguments were not evidence. No reversible error was identified on the required review of the record.