ST. CLAIR v. STATE

No. CR 89-215.

783 S.W.2d 835 (1990)

301 Ark. 223

Ralph ST. CLAIR, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 29, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheila F. Campbell, Little Rock, for appellant.

John Rushing Hudson, Fayetteville, for appellee.


NEWBERN, Justice.

Ralph St. Clair, the appellant, was convicted of sexual abuse of his seven-year-old stepdaughter. He contends A.R.E. 803(25)(A) permitting certain hearsay evidence to be admitted in child sexual abuse cases was unconstitutionally enacted by the general assembly after this court had declared its inherent authority to promulgate rules of evidence in Ricarte v. State, 290 Ark. 100, 717 S.W.2d...

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