Glenn Michael Carruth v. State of Arkansas

── Glenn Michael Carruth v. State of Arkansas ── Court: Court of Appeals of Arkansas Date: April 22, 2026 Category: General Cite as 2026 Ark. App. 251 ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS DIVISION I No. CR-25-385 Opinion Delivered April 22, 2026 GLENN MICHAEL CARRUTH APPEAL FROM THE MILLER APPELLANT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT [NO. 46CR-24-101] V. HONORABLE BRENT HALTOM, JUDGE STATE OF ARKANSAS APPELLEE AFFIRMED; REMANDED TO CORRECT THE SENTENCING ORDER KENNETH S. HIXSON, Judge Appellant Glenn Michael Carruth appeals after he was convicted by a Miller County Circuit Court jury of three counts of rape. He was sentenced as a habitual offender to serve an aggregate of 1800 months’ incarceration. On appeal, appellant generally argues that the circuit court erred in denying his motion for directed verdict and challenges the circuit court’s jurisdiction and venue. We affirm appellant’s convictions but remand for the limited purpose of correcting the sentencing order. I. Relevant Facts Appellant sexually abused Minor Victim (MV) between the years 2014 and 2016. At that time, appellant was dating MV’s mother, and MV was between the ages of four and six years old. MV did not tell anyone about the sexual abuse until years later. Appellant was subsequently arrested and charged by amended felony information with three counts of rape, a Class Y felony, in violation of Arkansas Code Annotated section 5-14-103 (Supp. 2023). The State further maintained that appellant’s sentence should be enhanced because he is a habitual offender pursuant to Arkansas Code Annotated section 5-4-501 (Supp. 2023). A jury trial was held on December 9–10, 2024. MV was fifteen years old at the time of trial. MV explained that her mother, Mandy Harrison, dated appellant when MV was between the ages of four and six years old. During that time, MV lived with her mother on the Texas side of Texarkana, and appellant lived on the Arkansas side of Texarkana with his mother and father. While the two were dating, Ms. Harrison would take MV with her to appellant’s house to spend anywhere between one night and a full week. MV testified that appellant sexually abused her when she was at his house in either the living room or his mother’s bedroom. She said that appellant would touch her vagina with his fingers and his tongue. She said that “[h]e would put his middle finger and his ring finger inside of [her]. And he would just, like, move his hands around on the outside.” She also said that in a couple of instances, she would “sit and watch [appellant] play on his computer, and then he would just change the browser to a porn[ography] website.” When she tried to walk away, he made her sit back down. MV went on to explain that appellant had taken her to his mother’s bedroom and digitally penetrated her on at least five occasions. He would take her pants and underwear off but never her shirt. MV testified that “[i]t hurt really bad” when appellant put his finger in her vagina and that “[she] told him it hurt and 2 he wouldn’t stop.” MV testified on another occasion that appellant took her to his mother’s bedroom, tied one of her wrists to the bedframe, took off her pants, and put his tongue on and inside her vagina. MV said it “made [her] feel disgusting, like [she] wasn’t worth anything.” MV testified that there was one final instance of sexual abuse that occurred at her mother’s house on the Texas side of Texarkana. She was in bed with her mother and appellant before goi