Legal Opinion

Ralston v. State

Court of Appeals of Arkansas

Decided March 13, 2019No. CR-18-653PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The trial in the matter was held on December 20, 2017.

H.M. testified that appellant is his great uncle-his mother's uncle-and that appellant lived with H.M. and his mother in "like, 2009" when he was nine years old. Everyone had their own rooms. The situation "just went downhill really fast, though." H.M. testified to appellant coming into H.M.'s room, turning off his radio, sitting on his bed, and talking to him. What happened next followed:

[Appellant] would start touching my penis, like, after, like, my underwear was around my ankles. When this happened I was laying down in my bed.…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Cluck v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2006
  2. Morgan v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2009
  3. Lard v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2014
  4. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2008
  5. Chunestudy v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2012

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Donald James v. State of ArkansasCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2021
  2. William J. Boswell v. State of ArkansasCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2021
  3. Gregory McCree v. State of ArkansasCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2021
  4. Sergio Sanchez-Gonzales v. State of ArkansasCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2023
  5. William J. Boswell v. State of ArkansasCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2021

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