Johnson v. State

732 S.W.2d 817 (1987)

292 Ark. 632

Joe Henry JOHNSON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. CR 86-150.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 6, 1987.

Lohnes T. Tiner, Harrisburg, Chet Dunlap, Trumann, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Lee Taylor Franke, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

NEWBERN, Justice.

This is a child sexual abuse case in which the appellant was convicted of raping the nine-year-old son (the boy) of the woman with whom he was living (the mother). We find that one of the appellant's eight points of appeal requires reversal. It was prejudicial error for the trial…