Smith v. State

Ray Thornton, Justice.

Appellant, Kenneth Ray Smith, was charged with committing the offenses of breaking or entering the K-Mart store located on Asher Avenue in Little Rock on August 3, 1999, with the purpose of committing a theft, in violation of Ark. Code Ann. § 5-39-202 (Repl. 1997), and theft of property by taking or exercising unauthorized control of a firearm, valued at less than $2500.00, belonging to K-Mart, in violation of Ark. Code Ann. § 5-36-103 (Repl. 1997). On March 8, 2000, appellant was convicted by a jury of breaking or entering, but he was acquitted of the theft of property…