SEELY v. STATE

No. CR 07-1063.

282 S.W.3d 778 (2008)

John Leelyn SEELY, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 10, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Cannon Law Firm, P.L.C., by: David R. Cannon, Little Rock, AR, for appellant.

Dustin McDaniel, Att'y Gen., by: Vada Berger, Ass't Att'y Gen., for appellee.


ROBERT L. BROWN, Justice.

Appellant John Leelyn Seely appeals his judgment of conviction for rape of his three-year-old daughter, for which he received a sentence of imprisonment as a habitual offender for a term of twenty years. He asserts a violation of the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution due to the hearsay testimony of two witnesses against him. We affirm.

In September of 2005, Seely was living with his girlfriend...

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