Froman v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1Opinion of the Court
Sam Robinson, Associate Justice.
Appellants were convicted of the crime of robbery. The only witness that connects the appellants with the offense is Mary Salmon. In these circumstances if she was an accomplice, the conviction cannot stand. The State proved that on the night of February 12, 1958, R. J. Wilson was robbed of about $195 in a liquor store at West Memphis. There is no evidence whatever which tends to show that appellants committed the offense except the testimony of Mary Salmon. She testified that she had known the defendants since 1956; that Marvin Sanders was her lover; that on…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Woods v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1914
- State v. HameySupreme Court of Missouri · 1902
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
- Ward v. HurstCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1945
- Polk v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1880
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3Cited by39 opinions
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- Moore v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1971
- Rush v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1964
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