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LEVER v. STATE

No. CR 97-1463.

971 S.W.2d 762 (1998)

333 Ark. 377

James C. LEVER, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 28, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Val P. Price, Jonesboro, for Appellant.

Winston Bryant, Attorney General, Mac Golden, Assistant Attorney General, Little Rock, for Appellee.

IMBER, Justice.

The appellant, James Lever, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. On appeal, Lever challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, and argues that there is no meaningful distinction between "premeditated and deliberated" capital murder under Ark.Code Ann. § 5-10-101(a)(4) (Rep.1997) and "purposeful" first-degree murder under Ark.Code Ann. § 5-10-102(a)(2) (Repl.1997). Finding no merit to either argument...

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