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Gaines v. State

Citations

  • 118 S.W.3d 102
  • 354 Ark. 89
  • 2003 Ark. LEXIS 457

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that “one of the most obvious duties” of the General Assembly is to “protect children from sexual crimes against which children are virtually defenseless”
  • defendant argued that “there appears to be no rationale why a victim[’s] age is easier to ascertain when they are younger than fourteen as opposed to being fourteen or older”
  • defendant argued that \there appears to be no rationale why a victim['s] age is easier to ascertain when they are younger than fourteen as opposed to being fourteen or older\
  • carnal abuse in the third degree is not a lesser-included offense of rape

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Judges: Jim Hannah

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