Farmer v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• The State must prove that the desire for sexual gratification is a “plausible reason for the act.”
• “[S]exual gratification, like intent, is rarely capable of proof by direct evidence and must usually be inferred from the circumstances.”
• defendant had beaten the victim and, while wielding a knife, had threatened to “fix it” so she could not be with another man, and then he shoved his fist inside her vagina
• defendant had beaten the victim and, while wielding a knife, had threatened to “fix it” so she could not be with another man, and then he shoved his fist inside her vagina
• evaluating proof of sexual gratification under the substantial-evidence standard

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Kyle O.
  Nebraska Court of Appeals· 2005-09-27· cited 57×
• Regions Bank & Trust v. Stone County Skilled Nursing Facility, Inc
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2001-07-09· cited 30×
• Trumbull v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2009-08-20· cited 14×
• Sorum v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2017-06-21· cited 8×
• Jerry W. McKee v. State of Arkansas
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2020-10-15· cited 8×
• Chawangkul v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2016-12-14· cited 7×
• State v. Cossio
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2017-11-02· cited 6×
• Joseph Anthony Brehm v. State of Arkansas
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2020-09-30· cited 3×
• Eaton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2004-03-03· cited 2×
• John Ford v. State of Arkansas
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2020-11-18· cited 2×
• Jacorey Green v. State of Arkansas
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2022-11-02· cited 1×
• Terry Eugene Break v. State of Arkansas
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2025-05-29· cited 1×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Gaines v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2000-01-20· cited 92×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2000-02-17· cited 60×
• Green v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1997-11-06· cited 48×
• Freeman v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1998-01-15· cited 47×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1999-06-17· cited 31×
• McGalliard v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1991-07-01· cited 28×
• Strickland v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1995-11-06· cited 28×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1989-03-27· cited 22×
• Warren v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1993-09-20· cited 17×