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Supreme Court again reverses murder conviction, this time for courthouse campaigning by the prosecutor December 17, 202011:59 am REBUKED: Prosecutor Stephanie Barrett and Circuit Judge Kirk Johnson were blistered in a Supreme Court ruling today. Photo from her Facebook page. Electioneering by the Miller County Prosecuting Attorney Stephanie Barrett has resulted in the reversal of the third trial of a first-degree murder charge against Marvin Stanton. Advertisement The court also sent a reproof to judges who’ve politicked with jury pools or allowed it, as happened in this case heard by Judge Kirk Johnson. Stanton was convicted and sentenced to life for shooting Jesse Hamilton during an argument outside a Texarkana gas station. The conviction was reversed on a direct appeal and then a mistrial was declared in his second trial. He was convicted at a third trial, but the Supreme Court today ordered a fourth trial because of the prosecutor’s ....