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STEARNS v. STATE

No. CR-16-914.

529 S.W.3d 654 (2017)

2017 Ark. App. 472

Melissa Diane STEARNS, Appellant v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division II.

Opinion Delivered: September 20, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Simpson, Jr. , for Public Defender, by: Clint Miller , Deputy Public Defender, for appellant.

Leslie Rutledge , for Att'y Gen., by: Rachel Kemp , for Ass't Att'y Gen., for appellee.

A Pulaski County jury convicted appellant Melissa Stearns of first-degree murder in the January 24, 2014 stabbing death of Herschel Johnson. She was sentenced to thirty-five years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. Stearns's sole argument on appeal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting her conviction. We...

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