ROGERS v. STATE

No. 5081.

373 S.W.2d 705 (1963)

Rhuel ROGERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied January 27, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene W. Moore, Harrison, for appellant.

Bruce Bennett, Atty. Gen, by Jerry L. Patterson, Beryl F. Anthony, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen, Little Rock, for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This appeal is from a verdict and judgment finding the appellant guilty of rape and sentencing him to imprisonment for life.

We find the evidence sufficient to support the verdict. At the time of the offense, March 10, 1963, the prosecutrix was twelve years old. The accused, a mature divorced man, had been keeping company for several months with the child's mother, a widow. On the day in question Rogers asked the child to stay with...

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