HOUSTON v. STATE

No. CR 79-55.

582 S.W.2d 958 (1979)

Mikel Wayne HOUSTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, Division 1.

July 2, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Phillips, Deputy Public Defender, Little Rock, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by Robert J. DeGostin, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


HICKMAN, Justice.

Mikel Wayne Houston was convicted of rape by forcible compulsion in violation of

Ark.Stat.Ann. § 41-1803 (Repl.1977) and sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment.

On appeal his counsel alleges only one error: the trial court should have allowed the introduction of evidence regarding the victim's reputation and prior sexual conduct. The trial judge properly excluded the evidence and we affirm...

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