Swanson v. State

Conley Byrd, Justice.

Appellant Robert L. Swanson was convicted of burglary and sentenced to 19 years in the penitentiary. For reversal he contends among other things that the court erred in failing to try him within two terms of court as required by Ark. Stat. Ann. § 43-1708 (Repl. 1964), and that the court erred in allowing proof of other crimes.

The record shows that appellant was arrested on August 17, 1968, in the night time in the walk-in cooler of the Warehouse Market, West Memphis, Arkansas, while in the act of peeling the Warehouse Market’s safe. The State at that time sought an early…