CHILDS v. STATE

No. 5253.

418 S.W.2d 793 (1967)

243 Ark. 62

Willie Joe CHILDS et al., v. The STATE of Arkansas.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

September 25, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willis V. Lewis, Little Rock, for appellant.

Joe Purcell, Atty. Gen., Don Langston, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


WARD, Justice.

Appellants, Willie Joe Childs, Frankie Matthews, and Tommy Matthews, charged with stealing $500 from Kroger Stores, were convicted of grand larceny on December 5, 1966 and sentenced to serve nine years in the penitentiary.

There is no contention by appellants here that they did not commit the crime but they seek a reversal based solely on the grounds that the trial court committed three separate errors during the process of the trial.

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