Cope v. State

Steele Hays, Justice.

Vernon Ray Cope was convicted of two counts of raping his daughters, Jennifer and Debra, between December 1,1984 and August 12,1985. Cope was convicted and received two consecutive life sentences in the Arkansas Department of Correction. On appeal, four assignments of error are presented. We affirm the judgment.

Sufficiency of the evidence as to Jennifer Cope

Cope contends there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction of raping Jennifer. He points out the state must prove the sexual intercourse was the result of forcible compulsion, or that it occurred after the…