Legal Opinion

Marmolejo v. State

Court of Appeals of Arkansas

Decided May 14, 2008No. CA CR 07-899PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Sam Bird, Judge.

Ruben Marmolejo was convicted in a jury trial for being an accomplice to delivery of methamphetamine and was sentenced to twenty-five years’ imprisonment and a fine of $15,000. As his sole point on appeal, Marmolejo contends that the trial court abused its discretion by admitting evidence of prior bad acts under Arkansas Rule of Evidence 404(b). We hold that any error in the admission of the evidence was harmless, and we affirm.

The charge against Marmolejo resulted from an undercover officer’s purchase ofmethamphetamine at the home of Tyler West on February 16, 2006, when…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Cluck v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2006
  2. Eastin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2007
  3. Phavixay v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2008
  4. Anderson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2000
  5. Wooten v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2005

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2012
  2. Jefferson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2017
  3. Solomon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2010
  4. Fiveash v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2015
  5. Martin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2018

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