Juan Estrada v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed Estrada’s convictions for rape and first-degree sexual abuse, holding that the victim’s testimony supplied substantial evidence of rape and that testimony concerning rubbing a penis against the victim’s vagina established sexual contact for purposes of first-degree sexual abuse. The court also found no reversible error in the denial of a new trial and agreed that Estrada’s ineffective-assistance argument was not preserved. The court conducted the required review for reversible error in a life-imprisonment case and found none.