Burmingham v. State

Ray Thornton, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of rape, kidnapping, and aggravated robbery, and sentenced to eighty years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. The victim, S. W, a seventeen-year-old girl, was driving home from Lonoke to Cabot on the night of July 11, 1997. A car, driven by appellant, Robert Todd Burmingham, overtook her and signaled for her to pull over by flashing a blue light. Thinking she was going to receive a ticket for speeding, she stopped and turned toward the passenger seat to get her driver’s license. When she turned back toward her window, she saw appellant…