Kelley v. State

ANNABELLE CLINTON IMBER, Justice.

Appellant Eric Wayne Kelley was convicted by a Pulaski County jury of one count of rape of a child less than fourteen years of age and was sentenced to a term of forty-seven years’ imprisonment. He now appeals, arguing that the circuit court abused its discretion in admitting certain evidence over his objections in accordance with Arkansas Rule of Evidence 404(b) (2009). Specifically, Kelley challenges the admission of certified documentary proof of his two prior convictions for indecency with a child younger than seventeen and the testimony of a prosecution…