Carter v. State

Appellant Eric Jamar Carter appeals after he was convicted by a Hot Spring County Circuit Court jury of rape and was sentenced as a habitual offender to serve a total of 480 months' imprisonment. On appeal, appellant contends that (1) the trial court erred by denying his motion for directed verdict; (2) the trial court erred in *791admitting evidence of prior rapes that he was alleged to have committed pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Evidence 404(b) (2017); and (3) the trial court erred in denying his motion for mistrial after the prosecutor spoke to members of the jury during a trial break. We…