Legal Opinion
Watts v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided October 5, 1953No. 4740PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.
Appellant was convicted of the crime of rape and sentenced to life imprisonment. His motion for new trial contains 18 numbered assignments, but we find it necessary to discuss only Assignment No. 6,1 which requires a reversal.
That the little 14-year-old girl was raped in her home by a hooded man who then fled through the woods, admits of no doubt. The serious issue was the evidence which tended to identify the appellant as such assailant. The person who committed the rape wore a hood over his face. In the woods the hood was found with hairs in it, supposedly from the…
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3Cited by7 opinions
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