Lavoyce Wilder v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed Wilder's convictions and sentences, holding that his challenges to testimony admitted under the pedophile exception and to the denial of a mistrial were not preserved because his trial objections relied on the rape-shield statute rather than the grounds asserted on appeal. It also held that the circuit court acted within its discretion in excluding evidence of the victims' alleged prior sexual conduct because the evidence was irrelevant to impeachment and its inflammatory nature outweighed its probative value. The court found no prejudicial error under its mandatory review of life-imprisonment cases.