Mallett v. State
This text of 181 S.W.2d 27 (Mallett v. State) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Supreme Court of Arkansas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
Appellant, sixty-eight years of age, was charged by information with having had carnal knowledge of Maxine Wells. The crime is alleged to have occurred December 15, 1943. Maxine testified that she would be fifteen in July, 1944. In returning its.verdict of guilty and assessing punishment at a year in the penitentiary, clemency was recommended. The Court, acting within its discretion, disregarded the recommendation and rendered judgment.
The appeal questions sufficiency of the evidence.
Without entering into a detailed discussion of essential testimony, involving lascivious conduct,' it is sufficient to say that the verdict is supported by substantial testimony. Affirmed.
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181 S.W.2d 27, 207 Ark. 471, 1944 Ark. LEXIS 687, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/mallett-v-state-ark-1944.