Rogers v. State

On July 12, 2018, in Rogers v. State , 2018 Ark. 242, 550 S.W.3d 387, we affirmed the convictions and sentences of appellant, Edward Darnell Rogers. On July 12, 2018, Rogers filed a petition for rehearing and the State responded. We grant the petition for rehearing and issue the following substituted opinion.

*835In February 2015, Rogers, was charged with four counts of rape. The victims, L.W., twins Mi.B. and T.B., and Ma.B. were all under the age of eighteen at the time of the alleged offenses. On February 8, 2016, Rogers was convicted by a Pulaski County Circuit Court jury of three counts of…