WRIGHT v. STATE

No. 5299.

419 S.W.2d 320 (1967)

243 Ark. 221

Larry James WRIGHT, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied November 6, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Sam Wood and Martin Green, Ft. Smith, for appellant.

Joe Purcell, Atty. Gen, Don Langston, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


WARD, Justice.

Larry Wright, appellant was charged with the crime of committing rape on the night of January 24, 1967. He was tried and convicted on May 9, 1967, and sentenced to life imprisonment.

The victim identified appellant as the person who entered her bedroom about midnight and forced her to have intercourse with him. Appellant's defense consisted mainly of an alibi. He took the witness stand, and testified, in substance: He was at the home of his...

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