Hamm v. State

Appellant was found guilty of the crime of rape, and was given a life sentence in the penitentiary and this appeal is from that judgment.

This case is companion to the recent case of Palmer v. State, 213 Ark. 956, 214 S. W. 2d 372, where the circumstances under which the crime was committed are recited. In the Palmer- case, supra, one of the principal questions involved was the admissibility of an alleged confession made by Palmer. In the instant case there was no confession, but the woman assaulted identified appellant as her assailant.

It is strongly urged that the identification was not…