Michael Eugene Rea, Appellant v. State of Arkansas, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed Rea’s convictions and sentences, holding that the child-exploitation statute authorizes a separate offense for each prohibited photograph or videotape knowingly possessed. The court reasoned that the statute’s use of “any” with singular nouns plainly reflects legislative intent to treat each item as a discrete offense, and therefore multiple convictions did not violate double jeopardy. The court declined to address Rea’s separate challenge to the computer-exploitation convictions because he presented no developed argument on that issue.