Reinert v. State

Tom Glaze, Justice.

Appellant Melvin Reinert was charged with three counts of first-degree violation of a minor after C.J., Reinert’s girlfriend’s sixteen-year-old daughter, informed her school guidance counselor that Reinert had engaged in sexual intercourse with her three times. Prior to trial, Reinert moved to dismiss the charges against him, alleging that the statute under which he was charged, Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-120 (Repl. 1997), was void for vagueness. The trial court denied his motion, and the case proceeded to trial. The jury found Reinert guilty on all three counts. On appeal,…