Gutherie v. State

John E. Jennings, Chief Judge.

George Gutherie was convicted by a Craighead County jury of burglary and misdemeanor theft. He appeals from the theft conviction only, contending that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction. We disagree and affirm.

The test for determining the sufficiency of the evidence is whether the verdict is supported by substantial evidence. Clark v. State, 315 Ark. 602, 870 S.W.2d 372 (1994). Substantial evidence is evidence forceful enough to compel a conclusion one way or the other beyond suspicion or conjecture. Lukach v. State, 310 Ark. 119, 835 S.W.2d…