Kimble v. State

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

On June 27, 1967, appellant, Plarold Kimble, was tried by the Circuit Court of Pulaski County (First Division) sitting as a jury, convicted of the crime of assault with intent to kill, and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. Pie remained in the penitentiary until May 16, 1968, when the conviction was set aside by the court after a hearing under a Criminal Procedure Rule 1 petition. The court found that, at the original trial, no witnesses were called on appellant’s behalf, though Kimble had furnished his then attorney with the names of four or five…