Rogers v. State

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2017 Ark. App. 521

ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS DIVISIONS II & III No. CR-16-721 Opinion Delivered: October 18, 2017 EDWARD DARNELL ROGERS APPEAL FROM THE PULASKI APPELLANT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, FOURTH DIVISION V. [NO. 60CR-15-390] STATE OF ARKANSAS HONORABLE HERBERT T. APPELLEE WRIGHT, JUDGE REVERSED AND REMANDED BART F. VIRDEN, Judge A Pulaski County jury found appellant Edward Darnell Rogers guilty of three counts of rape and sentenced him as a habitual offender to an aggregate term of forty years in prison. On appeal, he argues that the trial court erred in denying his directed-verdict…