KELLENSWORTH v. STATE

No. CR 81-125.

633 S.W.2d 21 (1982)

John H. KELLENSWORTH, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Gene Worsham, Little Rock and Beth Gladden Coulson, Perryville, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by Leslie M. Powell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

The appellant Kellensworth was found guilty of three felonies committed during a single criminal episode on June 16, 1979. The jury fixed the punishment at a 50-year term and a $10,000 fine for rape, a 5-year term for aggravated robbery, and a 5-year term for burglary. Four points for reversal are presented.

It is first argued that the court below had no jurisdiction to try the case, because a notice of appeal to this court had...

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