KEVIN NEWTON HOULTON v. STATE OF ARKANSAS

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2025 Ark. App. 436

ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS DIVISION III No. CR-24-600 KEVIN NEWTON HOULTON Opinion Delivered September 24, 2025 APPELLANT APPEAL FROM THE GARLAND COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT V. [NO. 26CR-23-445] STATE OF ARKANSAS HONORABLE RALPH C. OHM, APPELLEE JUDGE AFFIRMED BART F. VIRDEN, Judge A Garland County jury convicted appellant Kevin Newton Houlton of failing to register as a sex offender. He was sentenced as a habitual offender to thirty years’ imprisonment and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine. On appeal, he argues that the trial court erred in denying his directed-verdict motion…