Arkansas Times LP v. Mark Waldrip

How courts have described this case

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• noting that “we do not understand Christensen to require a court to admit character trait evidence of impulsivity to prove a defendant did not act knowingly or recklessly”
• explaining \a character trait of impulsivity\ may cause a defendant \to act reflexively rather than upon reflection\
• “[O]ur legislature has expressly provided that an ‘impulse control disorder[]’ does not constitute a mental disease or defect sufficient to sustain an insanity finding.”
• prior threats admissible to establish intent or absence of accident in second- 5 STATE v. NORMANN Decision of the Court degree murder prosecution
• “[W]e do not understand Christensen to require a court to admit character trait evidence of impulsivity to prove a defendant did not act knowingly or recklessly for purposes of second-degree murder.”

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