Legal Opinion

Wiley v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided April 9, 1962No. 5033PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Jim Johnson, Associate Justice.

Appellant prosecutes this appeal from a conviction of grand larceny. She raises two points on appeal:(1) The court erred in failing to direct a verdict in her favor.(2) A mistrial should have been granted because of her interrogation as to previous arrests.

Without engaging in an extended discussion of the evidence, we are of the opinion that there was sufficient evidence to warrant submission of the issue of appellant’s guilt or innocence. Suffice it to say that there was testimony to the effect that defendant was in the company of two thieves who were…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Freyaldenhoven v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1950

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Criner v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1963
  2. Boyette v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1971

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