Opinion ID: 1710596
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Heading: Proffered Instruction

Text: For his final point, Williams argues that the trial court should have accepted his proffered instruction which would have added language to the AMCI instruction that mere presence is not enough to establish accomplice liability. Williams concedes that the proffered language is not included in AMCI 2d 401 but observes that it is contained in the notes to the model instruction and is a correct statement of the law. The State counters that the model instruction was given and that this was all that was needed to state the law accurately. The State is correct. It is not error to refuse to give a nonuniform instruction when a uniform instruction accurately reflects the law. Moore v. State, 317 Ark. 630, 882 S.W.2d 667 (1994); Henderson v. State, 284 Ark. 493, 684 S.W.2d 231 (1985). This court has recently rejected the precise argument now raised by Williams. See Webb v. State, 326 Ark. 878, 935 S.W.2d 250 (1996). There was no error in refusing to give the amended instruction. Affirmed.