Opinion ID: 2384356
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Heading: Curtis Pollard's testimony

Text: Mr. Marshall's next argument concerns the testimony of Mr. Pollard describing how Mr. Marshall stabbed the victims and raped Ms. Conwell. He asserts that it was unreliable due to Mr. Pollard's intoxicated state on the night of the murders and the fact that the testimony was given in exchange as part of a plea bargain. We do not reverse a trial court's ruling on admissibility of evidence unless it is clearly erroneous. The defense was free to cast doubt upon the reliability of Mr. Pollard's testimony through cross-examination. The arguments that his ability to observe was hindered by intoxication and that his testimony was induced by his plea bargain are of the sort going to the weight of his testimony to be assigned by the jury rather than its admissibility. See Wallace v. State, 314 Ark. 247, 862 S.W.2d 235 (1993); Ford Motor Co. v. Massey, 313 Ark. 345, 855 S.W.2d 897 (1993); Terry v. State, 309 Ark. 64, 826 S.W.2d 817 (1992); Bishop v. State, 310 Ark. 479, 839 S.W.2d 6 (1992); Gavin v. State, 309 Ark. 158, 827 S.W.2d 161 (1992).