Legal Opinion

Foster v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided September 23, 1929PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMehaffy, J.

Tbe appellant was convicted of tlie crime of perjury, his punishment fixed at one year in the penitentiary, and he prosecutes this appeal to reverse the judgment of the circuit court. Appellant has filed no abstract or brief, hut his motion for a new trial raised the questions that the verdict was contrary to law and to the evidence and that the court erred in giving and refusing certain instructions.

The indictment charged, in proper form, that appellant committed the crime of perjury in testifying falsely at a trial in the Hempstead Circuit Court, in a case where Gray Dodson was charged with…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Nelson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1877
  2. Wright v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1928
  3. Grissom v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
  4. Barre v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1911

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Bryant v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1945
  2. Carter, Blevins and Burks v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1930
  3. Bratton v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1948

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