Legal Opinion

McDonald v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided May 23, 1955No. 4804-4805PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJ. Seaborn Holt, J.

A jury found appellant guilty of the crime of rape (Ark. Stats. 1947, § 41-3401) and assessed his punishment at a term of life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. From the judgment is this appeal.

Case No. 4805, consolidated with this appeal (Case No. 4804), relates to a motion for a new trial based on alleged newly discovered evidence.

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For reversal appellant first questions the sufficiency of the evidence, — Assignment 1 — (a), (b), (c). The prosecuting witness is appellant’s thirteen-year-old daughter who was in the ninth grade in school. She testified that in early July, 1954, at…

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Poe v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
  2. Bradshaw v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1947
  3. State v. PeytonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
  4. French v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1943
  5. Lewis v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1941

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Gardner v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1978
  2. State v. RuskCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1981
  3. Lonnie Mitchell v. Dan D. Stephens, Superintendent of Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
  4. Maxwell v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1963
  5. Bailey v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1957

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