Stallnacker v. State

Lawson Cloninger, Judge.

Appellant, William H. Stallnacker, was charged with raping his daughter on November 25,1983, in violation of Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-1803 (Supp. 1985). A jury found him guilty and sentenced him to a term of ten years imprisonment.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in admitting a physician’s testimony that the alleged victim told the physician that her father, appellant, had intercourse with her. Appellant contends that the doctor’s testimony was hearsay not excepted by Rule 803(4) of the Arkansas Uniform Rules of Evidence. We do not agree, and…