Williams v. State

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

Henry Lee Williams was convicted of rape and sentenced to fifty years in the Arkansas penitentiary.

On appeal he alleges three errors which relate to the same subject: the state was permitted to reopen its case and recall Williams and the chief of police for additional questions.

First, Williams alleges that it was error to permit the state to reopen its case; second, that recall of the defendant was unconstitutional per se; and, finally the state’s evidence went to a collateral matter and, therefore, was not proper.

We find no merit in these arguments.

The evidence…