Roper v. State

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

Appellant, Robert L. Roper, was convicted of rape and sentenced as an habitual offender. On appeal he argues that (1) the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict, and (2) the jurors were improperly influenced by a comment made just outside the jury room while they were deliberating. There is no merit in either argument, and we accordingly affirm.

The prosecutrix testified that around 3 o’clock in the afternoon she went to a fish fry at Murray Park in Little Rock. There she saw a friend, Eddie Matowitz, and began talking to him. Soon, they were joined by the…