State v. Blankenship

BILLINGS, Chief Judge.

Defendant Gene Elmer Blankenship was convicted of stealing “Baby”, a 500 pound Duroc sow, and her three gilts from their Ripley County pen, and the jury fixed his punishment at two years in the penitentiary. He contends error was committed in denying him a continuance of his trial and asserts his inculpatory statements to officers should have been excluded from evidence because they were involuntary. We affirm.

“Baby” and her offspring, each of the latter weighing 350 pounds, were purloined from their owner’s pasture on August 14, 1973. Defendant was taken into custody…