Stanley Warner v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed Warner’s rape conviction and life-without-parole sentence. It held that the child victim’s testimony alone constituted substantial evidence of rape, that testimony concerning Warner’s prior sexual abuse of two young family members was admissible under the pedophile exception and was not too remote or unfairly prejudicial, and that the child’s recorded statement was admissible under the applicable hearsay exception because it was inconsistent with his trial testimony and sufficiently trustworthy. The court found no prejudicial error after reviewing the adverse rulings under Arkansas Supreme Court Rule 4-3(a).