Ashe v. State

Sam Bird, Judge.

Appellant Leamon Ashe was found guilty by a jury of theft of property and sentenced as an habitual offender to thirty years in the Arkansas Department of Correction and fined $5,000. A motion for judgment NOV, for new trial, and for reduction of sentence was filed, and on December 13, 1995, the trial court entered an order denying appellant a new trial but reducing his sentence to fifteen years with credit for time served. Both appellant and the State have appealed. Appellant argues that the trial court (1) should have granted his motion to dismiss for lack of sufficient…