Davidson v. State

210 S.W.3d 887 (2005)

James Orval DAVIDSON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. CR 04-1137.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 23, 2005.

William R. Simpson, Jr., Public Defender, by: Erin Vinett, Deputy Public Defender, Little Rock, for appellant.

Mike Beebe, Att'y Gen., by: Clayton K. Hodges, Ass't Att'y Gen., for appellee.

BETTY C. DICKEY, Justice.

In 2003, Appellant James Davidson was convicted of two counts of sexually abusing his step-granddaughter, C.D. At trial, the State sought to introduce into evidence a record of Davidson's conviction for sexually abusing C.D. in 1994. Davidson…