Burford v. State

J. Fred Jokes, Justice.

Lee H. Burford was convicted in the Crittendon County Circuit Court and sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary for the crime of sodomy, consisting of an unnatural sex act with one David Arthur Paris.

Burford has appealed to this court and relies on the following three points for reversal:

‘ ‘ 1. The Circuit Court of Crittenden County, Arkansas erred in denying motion of the Appellant for directed verdict, upon conclusion of the State’s case in chief and at the close of evidence on behalf of Appellant, as a matter of law, there being no corroboration of the…