BLISS v. STATE

No. CR85-194.

708 S.W.2d 74 (1986)

288 Ark. 546

Charles A.D. BLISS & Sharon Bliss, Appellants, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied May 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janice Williams Wheeler, Arkadelphia, C.P. Christian, Jacksonville, for appellants.

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


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This is a second appeal. In 1983 the appellants Charles and Sharon Bliss, husband and wife, were separately charged with the rape of Sharon's son, who was seven or eight years old when the acts occurred. The child was Charles's stepson. The original informations charged each defendant with rape by sexual intercourse or by deviate sexual activity.

The two cases were consolidated before the first trial, at which the jury found each...

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