Samuel Hartman, Appellant v. State of Arkansas, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed Hartman's rape conviction because the specific sufficiency arguments he raised on appeal were not preserved in his directed-verdict motions. It reversed and dismissed the tampering conviction because the evidence required speculation and did not exclude reasonable explanations other than Hartman's guilt. The court also held that Hartman waived his juror-removal argument and that the circuit court did not abuse its discretion by refusing a lesser-included-offense instruction for second-degree sexual assault.