Campbell v. State

Tom Glaze, Justice.

Appellant was charged with the crimes of theft by receiving with a value in excess of $200.00 and possession of a controlled substance (marijuana) with intent to deliver. The two charges were severed and tried separately.1 This appeal involves the appellant’s conviction of the theft by receiving crime. Because the jury found that the theft charge involved property that exceeded $200 in value, appellant was sentenced under the class C felony provision in Ark. Code Ann. § 5-36-106(e)(2) (1987) and given five years imprisonment.

On appeal, appellant essentially claims that the…