Legal Opinion

Mitchell and Thurman v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided March 29, 1943No. 4292PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtGriffin Smith, C. J.

By information it was charged that Paul Mitchell and Warren Thurman feloniously broke into a garage “located at 408% North Sixth Street, Fort Smith, Arkansas, and the property of Miss Eunice Lewis, ’ ’ with the intent to commit a felony.

During trial it was .shown that the building was owned by Curtis Wright. Miss Lewis, a tenant, kept her automobile in a garage belonging to Wright. It was back of the residential property, and was entered by the defendants for the purpose of stealing tires.

The State moved to amend the information by eliminating the words, “and the property of,” and by…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Bennett and Holiman v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1940
  2. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1939
  3. Reed v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1899
  4. Wallace v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1911

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Ingle and Michael v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1947

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