SCANTLING v. STATE

No. CR 80-173.

609 S.W.2d 925 (1981)

Mac Allen SCANTLING, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 12, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Witt & Donovan, Pardanelle, by Ernie Witt, Paris, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by Jack W. Dickerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


DUDLEY, Justice.

Appellant was charged with the rape of his ex-wife's eleven-year-old daughter. The jury found him guilty of carnal abuse in the first degree and set the sentence at ten years in the Arkansas Department of Correction and a fine of $10,000.

Appellant contends that the evidence presented at the trial was insufficient to support a conviction for carnal abuse.

The credibility of the witnesses and the weight of the evidence are matters to...

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