Mitchell v. State

David Newbern, Justice.

This appeal is from Lonnie Mitchell’s second conviction of kidnapping, rape, and battery. His first conviction was reversed. The relevant facts are reported in Mitchell v. State, 295 Ark. 341, 750 S.W.2d 936 (1988). The sentence pronounced at the second trial was life imprisonment for kidnapping, life imprisonment for rape, and 40 years imprisonment for first degree battery. The sentences are to be served consecutively. At both trials, the victim positively identified Mitchell as the person who had kidnapped, raped, and beaten her. In the second trial Mitchell…