Goodman v. State

KAREN R. BAKER, Judge.

11A jury in Pulaski County Circuit Court convicted appellant Jonathan Goodman of rape in violation of Ark.Code Ann. § 5-14-103(a)(1) (Supp. 2007) and sentenced him to fifteen years’ imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction. He presents one argument on appeal: that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a directed verdict because the State failed to introduce substantial evidence that he engaged in sexual intercourse with the victim by forcible compulsion. Finding no error, we affirm.

LaToya Franklin, the victim, was twenty-two years of age. She and…