Shamlin v. State

John E. Jennings, Judge.

A jury found appellant, Luther Shamlin, guilty of arson and conspiracy to commit theft by deception. The State charged that Shamlin conspired with Judge John Purtle and Linda Nooner to burn Purtle’s 1980 Ford Thunderbird and Nooner’s home in Little Rock in order to collect the insurance proceeds. The State also charged that Shamlin committed arson by burning Nooner’s home at Malcolm Cove in Little Rock on May 5, 1985. Appellant’s case was severed and he was tried separately. The trial court sentenced him to 15 years for arson and 10 years for conspiracy, and ran the…