Legal Opinion
Bennett and Holiman v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided November 4, 1940No. 4186PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
Appellants, Dick Bennett and Edgar Holi-man, together with John Carney and J. B. Walden, co-conspirators, were charged in an information with the crime of arson. Carney and Walden entered pleas of guilty to the charge and one was sentenced to serve one year in the state penitentiary and the other two years.
Appellants, Bennett and Holiman, were tried and convicted, and the punishment of each was fixed by the court at five years in the state penitentiary.
The information upon which appellants were tried is as follows:
“I, Ralph W. Robinson, prosecuting attorney of the Fifteenth Judicial District…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MillenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- People v. KingCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1938
- People v. TinninCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1934
- Commonwealth v. BoraskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Brockelhurst v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1937
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Gardner v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1978
- Underwood v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1943
- Manson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1956
- Lewis v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1952
- Nolan and Guthrie v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1943
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