HICKMAN, Justice.
The convictions of Stanley and Susan Lackey for rape have to be reversed because of the admission of inadmissible and prejudicial evidence before the jury.
The trial judge first permitted the State to elicit evidence that the appellants had given marijuana to three children, aged five, six, and eleven. The judge then decided that the evidence was not admissible and admonished the jury to disregard it. The court should have granted a mistrial...
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