Weber v. State

DAVID Newbern, Justice.

William George Edward Weber was convicted of rape in violation of Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-103(a) (3) (Repl. 1993) upon evidence that he engaged in deviate sexual activity with a person less than fourteen years of age. He was sentenced to sixty years’ imprisonment as an habitual offender. The charge arose from allegations that Mr. Weber engaged in fellatio and other sexual misconduct with an eight-year-old child.

Mr. Weber contends that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction and that his motion for a directed verdict should have been granted. He also argues…