CLARK v. STATE

No. 5290.

427 S.W.2d 172 (1968)

244 Ark. 772

Sammy CLARK, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 6, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. V. Trimble and Charles E. Scales, Little Rock, for appellant.

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


HARRIS, Chief Justice.

Sammy Clark, appellant herein, was charged with the rape of a nine-year-old girl, and on trial, was found guilty, and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for life. From the judgment so entered, Clark brings this appeal. For reversal, only one point is argued, viz., the court erred in failing to grant a mistrial on the motion of appellant when the state offered to call appellant...

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