Hernandez v. State

David Newbern, Justice.

Appellant Jerome Hernandez was convicted of raping his stepdaughter. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. He argues that the Trial Court erred in admitting evidence of a subsequent act of sexual misconduct with a child other than the victim of the alleged rape. We hold that the evidence was properly admitted pursuant to Ark. R. Evid. 404(b) and the pedophile exception recognized by this Court.

The victim testified to these facts. She was approximately two years old when her mother married Mr. Hernandez. When she was six years old and the family was living in Louisiana,…