Sparkman v. State

Karen R. Baker, Judge.

A jury in Benton County Circuit Court convicted appellant, Robert Lee Sparkman, of raping T.B., a four-year-old girl, and sentenced him to 216 months’ imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction. Appellant’s sole point on appeal is that the admission of a video-taped interview of the child during his trial violated his right of confrontation guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment. Appellant relies on the recent Supreme Court of the United States case of Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004).1 We affirm.

Prior to trial, appellant filed a motion to determine…