Evans v. State

CoNLey Byrd, Justice.

This is an appeal by appellant, Mack Earnest Lee Evans, from a proceeding under Criminal Procedure Rule No. 1. Per Curiam Order, 239 Ark. 850a. In the trial court, petitioner relied upon the same two grounds that are presented here for setting aside his grand larceny conviction and sentence of twenty-one years, namely:

1. He was originally charged with CAR THEFT, but after being found guilty he was sentenced and committed for GRAND LARCENY.

2. There was a suppression of evidence on the part of the prosecution in that no witnesses were allowed to testify in his benalf.

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