Vick v. State

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

The appellant, Nylon Vick, was convicted of rape and kidnapping in 1993. He had previously been convicted of the same charges in 1988, and we affirmed those convictions. Vick v. State, 299 Ark. 25, 770 S.W.2d 653 (1989). He subsequently filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal court which was ultimately granted on grounds of ineffective counsel and a new trial was conducted in 1993 which resulted in renewed convictions.

The appellant now appeals his 1993 convictions on two grounds: (1) the trial court erred by allowing into evidence the transcript…