Legal Opinion

Phillips v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided July 7, 1930PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtHart, C. J.

Noel Phillips prosecutes this appeal from a judgment convicting him of seduction. It is conceded, and the testimony of the prosecuting witness established the crime, but it is insisted that there is not sufficient evidence to sustain the verdict because there is no corroboration of the testimony of the prosecuting witness. In such cases before conviction can be had, it is necessary for the testimony of the prosecutrix to- be corroborated both as to the promise of marriage and the intercourse. Brooks v. State, 126 Ark. 98 ; McMaster v. State, 163 Ark. 194 ; Dooms v. State, 164 Ark. 50 ; Taylor…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Brooks v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1916
  2. McMaster v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1924
  3. Dooms v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1924
  4. Sloan v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1926
  5. Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1927

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Meyers v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1932

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