Johnson v. State

Olly Neal, Judge.

This is an appeal from the Pulaski County Circuit Court where appellant, Kedron Johnson, was convicted and sentenced to serve 300 months in the Arkansas Department of Correction for the rape of L.P. On appeal, appellant argues that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict and that the trial court unduly limited his cross-examination of the victim. We must affirm.

The appellate court treats a motion for a directed verdict as a challenge to sufficiency of the evidence. Jones v. State, 348 Ark. 619, 74 S.W.3d 663 (2002); Pickens v. State, 347 Ark. 904, 69 S.W.3d 10…