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HUGHES v. STATE

No. CR 86-198.

732 S.W.2d 829 (1987)

292 Ark. 619

Howard Vernon HUGHES, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 6, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrell E. Baker, Jr., Boston, Mass., Denny Hyslip, Public Defender, Fayetteville, for appellant.

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

HAYS, Justice.

Howard Vernon Hughes was charged with rape and sexual abuse by engaging in deviate sexual activity between July and November 1985 with a five year old boy in violation of Ark.Stat.Ann. § 41-1803 and § 41-1808 (Repl. 1977). Hughes was convicted and sentenced to forty years in the Department of Correction.

On appeal Hughes contends the trial court erred in admitting hearsay evidence without first determining the child's reliability in...

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