State v. Reeves

Conley .Eyed, Justice.

The State of Arkansas, pursuant to Ark. Stat. Ann. § 43-2720 (Repl. 1964), appeals from an order dismissing a charge of grand larceney against appellee Marlin Reeves upon the basis that Prairie County was not the proper venue. It is stipulated that all acts of appellee occurred in Pulaski County and that he was at no time present in Prairie County where the tractor was stolen — i.e., appellee Reeves only aided 'and abetted in the theft of the tractor.

To sustain the dismissal appellee relies upon Art. 2, § 10 of the Constitution of Arkansas, Ark. Stat. Ann. § 43-1424…