WATSON v. STATE

No. CR 82-39.

640 S.W.2d 447 (1982)

277 Ark. 197

Odell WATSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 18, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Simpson, Jr., Public Defender, and Sandra Berry, Deputy Public Defender by Arthur Allen, Deputy Public Defender, Little Rock, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by Matthew Wood Fleming, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


HICKMAN, Justice.

Odell Watson was convicted of rape in the Pulaski County Circuit Court and sentenced to forty years in prison. He argues three reasons for reversal: First, that his confession was not admissible; second, that a mistrial should have been granted when a prosecuting witness volunteered prejudicial testimony; and, finally, that the court refused to permit evidence of prior sexual conduct of the victim. We find no prejudicial errors and affirm the conviction...

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