RUSSELL v. STATE

No. CR 86-19.

712 S.W.2d 916 (1986)

289 Ark. 533

Thomas Edwin RUSSELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrell E. Baker, Jr., Deputy Public Defender, Fayetteville, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by William F. Knight, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


DUDLEY, Justice.

At trial, the appellant was convicted of two counts of rape and two counts of sexual abuse in the first degree. The victim was a nine year old girl. The single point of appeal concerns a question asked of the State's first witness, Dr. Donna Van Kirk, a licensed psychologist. The Deputy Prosecuting Attorney first asked Dr. Van Kirk if in her opinion the victim had been sexually abused. The appellant objected, and the trial court correctly ruled that...

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