Hoyle v. State

Appellant Jason Michael Hoyle appeals after he was convicted by a Pulaski County Circuit Court jury of rape. He was sentenced as a habitual offender to serve 720 months' imprisonment. On appeal, appellant does not contest the sufficiency of the evidence. Rather, appellant's sole argument is that the trial court abused its discretion in excluding the testimony of two rebuttal witnesses for the defense. We affirm.

Appellant was arrested and charged by felony information with rape in violation of Arkansas Code Annotated section 5-14-103(a)(1) (Repl. 2016). The State further alleged that…