HERNANDEZ v. STATE

No. CR 97-1191.

962 S.W.2d 756 (1998)

331 Ark. 301

Jerome HERNANDEZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 5, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Simpson, Jr., Public Defender, Jeffrey A. Weber, Deputy Public Defender, Deborah R. Sallings, Deputy Public Defender, Little Rock, for Appellant.

Winston Bryant, Attorney General, Kelly S. Terry, Assistant Attorney General, Little Rock, for Appellee.


NEWBERN, Justice.

Appellant Jerome Hernandez was convicted of raping his stepdaughter. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. He argues that the Trial Court erred in admitting evidence of a subsequent act of sexual misconduct with a child other than the victim of the alleged rape. We hold that the evidence was properly admitted pursuant to Ark. R. Evid. 404(b) and the pedophile exception recognized by this Court.

The victim testified to these facts. She was...

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