Harkness v. State

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

Alfred D. Harkness was convicted in the Crittenden County Circuit Court of burglary and attempted rape and sentenced to imprisonment for a total of thirty years.

He alleges four errors on appeal. The first regards an erroneous instruction and has merit requiring us to reverse his conviction. The others have none and will be mentioned only because they could arise on retrial.

The court allowed an in-court identification of Harkness by the alleged victim. The appellant argues that the line-up the victim saw at the police station about five days after the offense was…