Hamer v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court; R. E. Jeffery, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellant, Yol Hamer, was indicted for the crime of rape, alleged to have been committed upon the person of Charlie Holder, a seventeen-year-old girl. She was the half--sister of appellant’s wife, and had been living with them since she was a small girl. His wife was sick and away from home at the time, leaving there appellant, Charlie Holder, and two of the children.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court; R. E. Jeffery, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellant, Yol Hamer, was indicted for the crime of rape, alleged to have been committed upon the person of Charlie Holder, a seventeen-year-old girl. She was the half--sister of appellant’s wife, and had been living with them since she was a small girl. His wife was sick and away from home at the time, leaving there appellant, Charlie Holder, and two of the children. On the morning of the day upon which the rape was committed, in the evening, appellant sent these two children to the home of Will Beard, the…
1Opinion of the Court
Kirby, J.,
(after stating the facts). It is insisted, first, that the court erred in permitting the prosecuting witness to state that she made complaint of the crime that night to Mrs. Will Beard, her brother’s wife, upon reaching his house, saying: “Yes,sir, I told her that Vol Hamer had just ruined me; that was all I could tell her.”
The court refused to exclude this answer from the jury. It had before, when the question was asked witness what she did upon going to her brother’s house, told her not to go into details. The fact that she made complaint of the crime was admissible under the…
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