Boone v. State

On June 21, 1976, a jury found appellant guilty of burglary, Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-1001 (Repl. 1964), and grand larceny, Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-3901 (Repl. 1964). Following the introduction of five (5) prior convictions by the State, the jury assessed appellant’s punishment at thirty-one and one-half (31 1/2) years imprisonment for both the burglary and the grand larceny convictions. The trial court directed the sentences to be served consecutively, making a totai of sixty-three (63) years, in the Arkansas Department of Correction. From these convictions comes this appeal.

Appellant’s…