Korsak v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
This appeal is from a judgment sentencing appellant to a term of ten years in the penitentiary for the crime of carnal abuse.
There appears to be but little, if any, question as to his guilt, and the sufficiency of the testimony to support the conviction is not questioned.
At the trial certain letters were offered in evidence which had been written by appellant while confined in jail to the girl he had carnally known.
These letters, while intended by appellant to be confidential, were not privileged communications. The child was not his wife, but, even had she been, the letters, having been…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bell v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
- Byrd v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- Hankins v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1917
- Hendrix v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1940
- Whittington v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1939
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1949
- Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1970
- Lambert v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1948