WOOD v. STATE

Nos. 5446, 5452.

450 S.W.2d 537 (1970)

Blanche WOOD, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee. Herman WOOD and Blanche Wood, Appellants. v. James BARTON and Robert Philpot, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied March 23, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Poe, Waldron, for appellants.

Joe Purcell, Atty. Gen., Don Langston, Mike Wilson, Asst. Attys. Gen., Little Rock, for appellees.


HOLT, Justice.

The appellant, Blanche Wood, was charged by information with the crime of cruelty to a child. Ark.Stat.Ann. § 41-1105 (Repl.1964). A jury imposed a $100 fine and three months' jail sentence with a recommendation that the jail sentence be suspended. The trial court accordingly rendered judgment on that verdict. In a separate proceeding the circuit court upheld the action of the County Juvenile Court finding that the two adopted children of appellants...

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