Smith v. State

John I. Purtle, Justice.

The appellant was tried before a petit jury in Phillips County and convicted of the offense of rape as defined by Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-1803 (Repl. 1977). Sentence was affixed at a term of life imprisonment.

On appeal the appellant urges three grounds for reversal: (1) the trial court erred in denying the defendant’s motion in limine and allowing into evidence defendant’s prior convictions; (2) the trial court erred in denying the defendant’s motion to dismiss the charge of rape, or in the alternative, to reduce the charge of rape to the charge of sexual abuse in the…