Davlin v. State

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

Appellant was previously convicted of rape and sentenced to life imprisonment. We reversed and remanded for a new trial. Davlin v. State, 313 Ark. 218, 853 S.W.2d 882 (1993). Upon retrial, he was again convicted of rape and sentenced to life imprisonment. This time, we affirm.

Appellant’s first assignment is that the trial court erred in refusing to allow evidence of the rape victim’s prior sexual conduct. Appellant filed a pretrial motion pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 16-42-101(c), a part of the Rape Shield Statute, in which he alleged that the victim’s prior sexual…