Crayton v. State

A Sebastian County jury convicted appellant Reginald Crayton of first-degree domestic battering, a Class B felony, under Arkansas Code Annotated section 5-26-303(a)(5) & (b)(1) (Repl. 2013) and sentenced him to 20 years' imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction. On appeal, Crayton argues that the circuit court erred by admitting evidence of his prior domestic-battering convictions during the guilt phase of the trial and by using the Arkansas model jury instruction, AMI Crim. 2610, on first-degree domestic battering. We disagree and affirm.

Crayton was charged with and convicted of…