Duvall v. State

John Mauzy Pittman, Judge.

Charles Duvall appeals from his conviction at a jury trial of sexual abuse in the first degree, for which he was sentenced to five years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. He contends that the trial court erred in allowing witnesses to present hearsay statements made by appellant’s five-year-old daughter (the alleged victim in this case), in finding appellant’s daughter competent to testify, and in not allowing appellant to present allegedly exculpatory evidence. We find no error and affirm.

The victim testified that her father had penetrated her anus and…