Brian T. Jordan v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed Jordan’s rape conviction and life sentence, holding that the circuit court properly performed the required balancing under Rule 609 and did not abuse its discretion by admitting his prior felony convictions for impeachment. The court declined to consider Jordan’s challenge to the admission of the specific nature of those convictions because he had not preserved that argument below. It also declined to review his claim concerning the circuit court’s comments about the verdict and victim because he failed to object when the comments were made.