Appeals Court rejects Grant County man’s appeal

By Ray King The Arkansas Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected arguments by a Grant County man who contended that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction. Joey D. Watts, 38, is serving a 36-year prison sentence after being convicted of aggravated assault and being... Read More.
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Appeals Court rejects appeal in child injury case

By Ray King A Pine Bluff man convicted of first-degree battery against his girlfriend’s 18-month-old son failed to convince the Court of Appeals Wednesday that the evidence presented at his trial was insufficient to convict him. Jaquan Lasley, 27, is serving a 35-year sentence at the... Read More.
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Appeals court rejects Bailey appeal

By Ray King The Arkansas Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected arguments from a Pine Bluff man convicted of murder in 2019 who contended that there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction. Antonio Bailey, 25, was sentenced to 45 years in prison after a jury... Read More.

Court of Appeals rejects appeal of Grant County man

By Ray King The Arkansas Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected the appeal of a Grant County man whose probation was revoked and sent to prison on drug related charges. Robert Eugene Dyas, 60, had contended that there was insufficient evidence to revoke his probation and... Read More.
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Supreme Court rejects Smith appeal again

By Ray King A Pine Bluff man convicted of two counts of rape argued unsuccessfully that he was the victim of PTSD, causing him to suffer amnesia and because of that, failed to remember a medical report that the older of the two victims was... Read More.
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Supreme Court rejects unconstitutional sentence claim

By Ray King The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Circuit Judge Jodi Raines Dennis did not err when she denied a claim by a prison inmate that his sentence was unconstitutional. Rico Benton, now 47, pleaded guilty to capital murder in Hempstead County in... Read More.

Appeals court rejects Damont Ewells argument

By Ray King An Arkansas prison inmate serving 20-years for manslaughter failed Wednesday to convince the Arkansas Court of Appeals that the evidence was insufficient to convict him. Damont Ewells, 40, was convicted as an habitual offender of manslaughter in the Sept. 19. 2017 death of... Read More.