Chase Browning-Langstaff v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The Arkansas Court of Appeals affirmed Chase Browning-Langstaff’s conviction for second-degree murder arising from a shooting at the Lark Place Apartments in Arkadelphia. The court held that his justification or self-defense argument was not preserved for appellate review because his directed-verdict motions did not identify a specific deficiency in the State’s proof regarding justification.

Holdings

1. Appellant's justification argument was not preserved for appellate review because his directed-verdict motions did not identify any specific element or deficiency of justification that the State allegedly failed to disprove.

Questions Presented

1. Whether appellant's challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the State's rejection of his self-defense or justification claim was preserved for appellate review when his directed-verdict motions did not identify any specific deficiency in the State's proof of justification.

Disposition

affirmed