LINGO v. STATE

No. CR 80-193.

610 S.W.2d 580 (1981)

Mark Dewayne LINGO, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Alvin Schay, State Appellate Public Defender by Ray Hartenstein, Chief Deputy Appellate Defender, Little Rock, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Arnold M. Jochums, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


PURTLE, Justice.

The appellant was tried before a jury on January 8, 1980, for the offense of theft of property in violation of Ark.Stat.Ann. § 41-2203 (Repl.1977). The jury returned a verdict of guilty and set his sentence at two years with the recommendation that one year be suspended. The court then allowed the state to present evidence of two prior felony convictions over the strenuous objection of the appellant...

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