Thompson v. State

658 S.W.2d 350 (1983)

280 Ark. 265

Robert M. THOMPSON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. CR 82-133.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

September 26, 1983.

Jack T. Lassiter, Little Rock, for appellant. Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by Victra L. Fewell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

ADKISSON, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Dr. Robert Thompson, was convicted of twenty separate offenses of carnal abuse occurring over a two-year period. The jury returned a verdict fixing his sentence at the statutory maximum of ten years imprisonment and a ten thousand dollar fine for each charge. At a…