Hopkins v. State

|! Maurice Hopkins was tried by a jury, found guilty of the offense of sexual assault in the second-degree, and sentenced to 150 months in the Arkansas Department of Correction. In his appeal, he raises two major points, with several' sub-points: 1) the trial court erred in denying his introduction of the following evidence to demonstrate his accuser’s bias, motive, interest, and credibility—(a) her alleged association "with the Crips gang, (b) her failure to cooperate with the prosecutor, and (c) her consultation with an attorney concerning a possible civil suit; - and 2) the trial court…