NICHOLS v. STATE

No. CR 80-262.

620 S.W.2d 942 (1981)

Penelope Marcheta NICHOLS, a/k/a Sister Penny, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

September 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Alvin Schay, State Appellate Defender by Linda Faulkner Boone, Deputy Appellate Defender, Little Rock, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Theodore Holder, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

In August, 1980, an information charging the offense of manufacturing marihuana was filed against the appellant, who prefers to be called Sister Penny, and against Sister Nora, another member of the Church of the New Day Missionaries. After an extended pretrial hearing on October 27 the case was tried before a jury on November 6 and 7. A severance was granted during the trial. Sister Penny's...

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