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TATE v. STATE

No. CR 06-084.

242 S.W.3d 254 (2006)

Kevin TATE, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 2, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Montgomery, Adams & Wyatt, PLC, by Dale E. Adams, Little Rock, AR, for appellant.

Mike Beebe, Att'y Gen., by Kent G. Holt, Ass't Att'y Gen., Little Rock, AR, for appellee.

BETTY C. DICKEY, Justice.

Appellant Kevin Tate was convicted by a jury of the first-degree murder of Melissa Portwood and sentenced to forty years' imprisonment. He asserts four points on appeal, arguing that the trial court erred: (1) by admitting the testimony of Brande Schaffer that Tate fired a gun near her two days before the shooting death of Portwood; (2) by allowing the State to improperly place Tate's character in issue; (3) by denying Tate's motion for a...

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