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State of Arkansas v. Roy Nichols, Jr.

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided February 19, 2026Published

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2026 Ark. 39

SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CR-25-529 Opinion Delivered: February 19, 2026 STATE OF ARKANSAS APPELLANT APPEAL FROM THE CRAIGHEAD COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT [NO. 16JCR-23-1385] V. HONORABLE RANDY PHILHOURS, JUDGE ROY NICHOLS, JR. APPELLEE REVERSED AND REMANDED. NICHOLAS J. BRONNI, Associate Justice This interlocutory appeal concerns the scope of Arkansas’s rape-shield statute. The State charged Roy Nichols with raping Roschell Lamb. Nichols claims the sex was consensual, and he seeks to introduce evidence he claims will show the two had a prior sexual encounter. Our rape-shield…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Delaware v. FenstererSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Olden v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  4. Michigan v. LucasSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  5. State v. CraigOhio Supreme Court · 2006

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