Legal Opinion

Monts v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided September 18, 1961No. 5002PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

Appellant was charged with feloniously damaging a dwelling house in the city of Little Rock by means of dynamite, or other explosive. On trial, he was convicted as charged in the Information, and his punishment fixed by the jury at five years imprisonment in the state penitentiary. From the judgment so entered, appellant brings this appeal. In his motion for a new trial, appellant sets out eight alleged errors as the basis for asking the Court to set aside the verdict of the jury, and to grant him another trial. These contentions are as follows:

“1. The verdict…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Gaines v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  2. Penton v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1937
  3. Brockelhurst v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1937
  4. Ezell v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1950
  5. Rutledge v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1953

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Lonnie Mitchell v. Dan D. Stephens, Superintendent of Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
  2. Trotter v. StephensDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1965
  3. Stanley v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1970
  4. Murphy v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1970
  5. Clay v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1963

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