STATE v. RAINER

No. CR-13-927.

440 S.W.3d 315 (2014)

2014 Ark. 306

STATE of Arkansas, Appellant v. Shawn Trevell RAINER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied September 11, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dustin McDaniel , Att'y Gen., by: Nicana C. Sherman , Ass't Att'y Gen., for appellant.

John Wesley Hall , Little Rock and Sarah M. Pourhosseini , Little Rock, for appellee.


COURTNEY HUDSON GOODSON, Justice.

The State appeals a Mississippi County Circuit Court decision granting Shawn Trevell Rainer's petition for a new trial based on Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37. The circuit court granted a new trial based on its belief that, at trial, it had incorrectly excluded evidence pertinent to Rainer's defense of accident. For reversal, the State contends that the circuit court clearly erred in finding that Rainer's trial counsel was...

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