Ellis v. State

Donald L. Corbin, Justice.

Appellant Jerry James Ellis appeals the jury verdict and order of the Pulaski County Circuit Court convicting him of rape, burglary, and terroristic threatening. As a result of his convictions, and pursuant to the trial court’s finding that he was a habitual offender, Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment on the rape charge, fifteen years’ imprisonment on the terroristic threatening charge, and forty years’ imprisonment on the burglary charge. On appeal, he raises three arguments for reversal: that the trial court erred when it failed to (1) grant his motion…