COMER v. STATE

No. 4734.

257 S.W.2d 564 (1953)

COMER v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 11, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Fred Parish, Newport, for appellant.

Tom Gentry, Atty. Gen., Thorp S. Thomas and Jarries L. Sloan, Assts. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of carnal abuse and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for three years. Ark.Stats. 1947, § 41-3406. This appeal puts in issue the sufficiency of the State's evidence.

The information charges that Comer had carnal knowledge of his daughter Lorine, a girl under the age of sixteen. Lorine, as a witness for the prosecution, denied having had sexual relations with her father. She admitted that...

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