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BARTON v. STATE

No. CR 74-1.

508 S.W.2d 554 (1974)

James BARTON, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 6, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold L. Hall, Public Defender, Little Rock, for appellant.

Jim Guy Tucker, Atty. Gen. by Richard Mattison, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

The appellant was charged with first-degree rape and first-degree kidnaping. Ark.Stat.Ann. §§ 41-3401 and 41-2308 (Supp.1973). The jury returned a verdict of guilty upon each charge and imposed a 99-year sentence for the crime of rape and a 20-year sentence for the crime of kidnaping. Two points for reversal are urged by the public defender.

First, the sufficiency of the evidence to support the rape conviction is questioned...

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