Elmore v. State

Marian F. Penix, Judge.

Defendant was charged with Burglary and Theft of Property in violation of Ark. Stat. Ann. §§ 41-2002 and 41-2203, respectively. Allegations were on November 4, 1978 the defendant and two companions broke into Couch’s Exxon Station in North Little Rock and took tools valued over $100.00. Also alleged was the defendant had previously been convicted of more than one but less than four other felonies, and his sentence should be made greater, accordingly. Defendant pleaded not guilty. Defendant was tried by a jury, found guilty, sentenced to fifteen years on the burglary…