Williams v. State

Donald L. Corbin, Judge.

Appellant, Richard Williams, was convicted by a Perry County jury of rape, a violation of Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-1803. He was sentenced toa term of twenty-five years of imprisonment. We affirm.

Appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion in limine wherein he asked the Court to order the State not to use evidence of his prior rape or sexual abuse conviction to impeach his credibility as a witness. Appellant contended at trial that the prior crime had no relation to the defendant’s character for truthfulness; that the only purpose for eliciting the…