McFadden v. State

717 S.W.2d 812 (1986)

290 Ark. 177

Johnny Steve McFADDEN, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. CR 86-97.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 20, 1986.

Robert S. Blatt, Fort Smith, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Theodore Holder, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

NEWBERN, Justice.

The appellant was charged with rape of his stepdaughter, aged thirteen. On direct examination he testified he had not raped her or any of the other children who had been living with him and their now deceased mother. The only question presented is whether it was error to permit the prosecution to…