· 5/9/1988
Webb v. Lambert
Citations
- 295 Ark. 438
- 748 S.W.2d 658
- 1988 Ark. LEXIS 238
How courts have described this case
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- given the absence of any corroboration requirement in the rape statute, a victim’s testimony that she was raped by someone matching the defendant’s description was sufficient to sustain the rape conviction
- given the absence of any corroboration requirement in the rape statute, a victim’s testimony that she was raped by someone matching the defendant’s description was sufficient to sustain the rape conviction
- “[T]he testimony of a single witness is generally sufficient to establish a fact[,] . . . [a]nd the General Assembly long ago removed the corroboration requirement from the rape statute.” (punctuation and footnote omitted)
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Judges: Dudley, Glaze, Hays, Holt
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