WEST v. STATE

No. CA CR 88-145.

766 S.W.2d 22 (1989)

27 Ark.App. 49

Ricky L. WEST, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division I.

March 1, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Simpson, Public Defender, Little Rock, for appellant.

Clint Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


MAYFIELD, Judge.

Appellant, Ricky L. West, was convicted in a jury trial of rape and was sentenced to ten years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. He argues on appeal that the trial court erred in failing to direct a verdict in his favor because the prosecution failed to prove "forcible compulsion," and that the court erred in refusing to allow him to question the victim about a prior misdemeanor conviction for hindering apprehension. We affirm.

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