Holley v. State

BRANDON J. HARRISON, Judge.

IvA Faulkner County jury convicted Trenton Holley for a second-degree sexual assault of his fourteen-year-old stepdaughter, K.W. He was sentenced to seventeen years in prison. The issues here are whether the circuit court erred (1) by denying Holley’s motion to suppress certain statements that he made while in police custody and (2) by admitting certain testimony during the sentencing phase. We affirm.

I. Background

In mid-March 2011, K.W. told her mother, Dusty Holley, that her stepfather, Trenton Holley, came into her room on several occasions while she was sleeping…