Parker v. State

George Rose Smith, Justice.

Roger Dale Parker was convicted of having raped two young women who, according to the proof, were at the time college students living together in an apartment in Jonesboro. Parker received two 50-year sentences, to run consecutively. We find no merit in his six points for reversal.

I. It is first argued that the court erred in refusing to permit Parker to represent himself without the assistance of counsel. At a pretrial conference on March 30, 1978, the court denied Parker’s request, as the court did not feel that it would be in Parker’s best interest to represent…