Polk v. State

Frank Holt Justice.

Appellant was charged by separate informations with the crimes of robbery and grand larceny. A jury acquitted him of the robbery charge. Subsequently he was convicted of the grand larceny charge by a jury and his punishment assessed at 21 years in the state penitentiary under our habitual criminal act. Ark. Stat. Ann. §§ 43-2328 — 2330 (Supp. 1969). From that verdict appellant, by his court-appointed trial counsel, brings this appeal.

It is first asserted for reversal that: “The Court erred in not granting defendant’s motion for a dismissal on the grounds of double jeopardy…