McKINNON v. STATE

No. CR 85-81.

695 S.W.2d 826 (1985)

287 Ark. 1

Russell Hillman McKINNON, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied October 28, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tucker & Thrailkill by Patricia A. Tucker, Mena, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Connie Griffin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of rape and was sentenced as an habitual offender to imprisonment for 40 years. The sufficiency of the State's proof is not questioned, it having been shown that McKinnon had engaged by forcible compulsion in deviate sexual activity with a girl (who was eleven years old at the time). Two points for reversal are argued.

First, it is insisted that the prosecution should not have been allowed to cross-examine...

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