Rios v. State

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

Tommy Rios was convicted in the Garland County Circuit Court of a single charge of delivery of marijuana and sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary.

He alleges two errors on appeal: the trial court erred in admitting evidence of other crimes for which he was not charged; and, the trial court refused to admit evidence of Rios’ reputation for truthfulness.

We agree with Rios that the trial court improperly admitted evidence of other crimes and, therefore, reverse.

The state’s main evidence against Rios was the testimony of Randy Wayne Brookman, an Arkansas…