Chawangkul v. State

liAn Arkansas County jury convicted appellant Chachawal Chawangkul1 of second-degree sexual assault involving then eight-year-old N.L., his girlfriend’s granddaughter, and he was sentenced to serve five years in prison. On appeal, appellant argues that the trial court erred in denying his directed-verdict motions because the State failed to prove that he touched the child for the purpose of sexual gratification. We affirm.

I.Standard of Review

A motion for directed verdict is a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence. Davis v. State, 2009 Ark. App. 753, 2009 WL 3762749. On appeal, in…