DILLON v. STATE

No. CR 92-58.

844 S.W.2d 944 (1993)

311 Ark. 529

Kendall DILLON, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee,

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 19, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold W. Madden, Tom F. Donovan, No. Little Rock, for appellant.

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


BROWN, Justice.

The appellant, Kendall Dillon, raises sixteen points in his appeal from a conviction for rape and a sentence of thirty-three years. Three points concern prosecutorial misconduct in the cross-examination of two defense witnesses and of Dillon himself. We agree that the cumulative effect of statements made by the prosecutor in the cross-examination was prejudicial to Dillon and denied him a fair trial. We, therefore, reverse and remand the case for a...

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