Thompson v. State

David Newbern, Justice.

Charles Thompson was convicted of raping his 12-year-old son and sentenced to 40 years’ imprisonment. A younger sister of the alleged victim testified to having observed the rape and to having been a victim herself. Mr. Thompson’s counsel made a pretrial request for the information to which Ark. R. Crim. P. 17.1 entitles a criminal defendant. He contends the Trial Court erred by not declaring a mistrial as the State did not provide him with a statement the sister had made earlier to a police officer and had not provided him with a medical report about her condition. He…