Nelson v. State

Charles Nelson, Jr., appeals a Clark County Circuit Court order revoking his probation and sentencing him to five years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. Nelson asserts that the trial court committed reversible error by admitting testimony into evidence in violation of the confrontation clause. We agree that the confrontation clause was violated but affirm because the error was harmless.

In August 2016, Nelson pled guilty to one count of second-degree battery, and the court sentenced him to 72 months' supervised probation. In May 2017, the State filed its first petition to revoke…