COFFEY v. STATE

No. CR77-21.

550 S.W.2d 778 (1977)

Kenney COFFEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, Division 1.

May 23, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harkey, Walmsey & Belew, Batesville, for appellant.

Bill Clinton, Atty. Gen., by Terry Kirkpatrick, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


BYRD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict finding the appellant guilty of theft and sentencing him to 18 months in the Arkansas State Department of Corrections.

The evidence stated in the light most favorable to the jury verdict shows that the appellant and two friends broke into the business of R. D. Wilmans and Sons in Jackson County, Arkansas and stole 52 cans of Treflan on or about March 4, 1976. The appellant raises two points hereinafter discussed...

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