Rolark v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1DissentJohn I. Purtle, Justice
Aggravated robbery cannot be committed without theft of property. Theft of the object of the robbery is an integral part of the offense. The majority opinion takes another step in its effort to create as many crimes as possible out of the same criminal act. This court should not attempt to assist the legislature in creating more criminal statutes. There are too many laws already. It should be the function of this court to see that those laws already on the books are enforced fairly and justly. If the purpose is to get another conviction out of this one incident, it could have been…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Whittaker v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1927
- Holmes v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1975