Jordan v. State

DONALD L. CORBIN, Justice.

1, Appellant Brian T. Jordan appeals the order of the Benton County Circuit Court convicting him of rape and sentencing him as a habitual offender to life imprisonment. Jordan raises two issues on appeal: (1) the circuit court erred in allowing highly prejudicial prior offenses into evidence in violation of Ark. R. Evid. 609; (2) he is entitled to a new trial because comments made by the circuit court to the jury and to the victim, in violation of Ark. R.Crim. P. 35.1, indicated that the circuit court was biased against him. Our jurisdiction is pursuant to Ark.…