Beasley v. State

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Gary Don Beasley, was charged with the crime of rape, and on trial, was convicted by a jury, and his punishment set at three years confinement in the Department of Correction. From the judgment so entered, appellant brings this appeal. For reversal, three points are asserted, which we proceed to discuss.

It is first contended that the court erred in refusing to consider appellant’s motion to quash the petit jury panel.

On May 23, 1974, counsel for Beasley filed a motion to quash the jury panel, on the basis that Ark. Stat. Ann. § 39-209 (Supp. 1973) had…