West v. State

Melvin Mayfield, Judge.

Appellant, Ricky L. West, was convicted in a jury trial of rape and was sentenced to ten years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. He argues on appeal that the trial court erred in failing to direct a verdict in his favor because the prosecution failed to prove “forcible compulsion,” and that the court erred in refusing to allow him to question the victim about a prior misdemeanor conviction for hindering apprehension. We affirm.

A motion for a directed verdict is a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence. Glick v. State, 275 Ark. 34, 627 S.W.2d 14 (1982). A…