William Tod Rickert v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed Rickert’s three rape convictions and concurrent life sentences. It held that the victim’s testimony alone constituted substantial evidence supporting the convictions and that testimony from two other victims, along with certified records of one victim’s prior convictions, was admissible under the pedophile exception to Rule 404(b) and was not excludable under Rule 403. The court also declined to consider Rickert’s challenge to additional information in the conviction records because he had not preserved that objection at trial.