DYER v. STATE

No. CR 86-113.

720 S.W.2d 297 (1986)

290 Ark. 405

James Kevin DYER, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Settle, by J. Fred Hart, Jr., Fort Smith, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Mary Beth Sudduth, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

The appellant, James K. Dyer, aged 31, was convicted of three charges of kidnaping and one of rape committed by forcible deviate sexual activity. The jury imposed four life sentences, with the court making the rape sentence run consecutively to the three concurrent kidnaping sentences. The three arguments for reversal question Dyer's competency to stand trial, his capacity to commit the crimes, and the sufficiency of the proof that the...

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