SCOTT v. STATE

No. 5667.

475 S.W.2d 699 (1972)

Lawrence Jo Jo SCOTT, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 7, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis W. Rosteck, Little Rock, for appellant.

Ray Thornton, Atty. Gen., James A. Neal, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

In the court below, charges of rape and assault with intent to kill were tried together by the circuit judge, without a jury. The appellant was found guilty of both offenses and was sentenced to life imprisonment upon the charge of rape and to twenty-one years imprisonment upon the second charge.

The appellant first questions the sufficiency of the evidence to support either conviction. Before narrating the proof we should explain...

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