West v. State

719 S.W.2d 684 (1986)

290 Ark. 329

Olan WEST, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. CR 86-147.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 17, 1986.

Beth Gladden Coulson, Perryville, L. Gene Worsham, Little Rock, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., Little Rock by Joel O. Huggins, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

The appellant, Olan West, was convicted of sexual abuse in the first degree and was sentenced to a six-year term of imprisonment and a $5,000 fine. The Court of Appeals transferred the case to us as presenting an issue of statutory construction and a question of…