Joseph Chunestudy v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed Chunestudy’s rape conviction and life sentence. It held that his sufficiency challenge was waived because he failed to renew his directed-verdict motion, and it upheld the admission of evidence concerning the ongoing sexual relationship under the pedophile exception and related relevance principles. The court also declined to reach unpreserved constitutional and evidentiary challenges and found no prejudicial discovery violation in allowing Vanaman to testify.