Reeves v. State

George Rose Smith, Justice.

The appellant was charged with the theft of a 1973 Volkswagen car by receiving — an offense that is essentially what was formerly known as receiving stolen property. Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-2206 (Repl. 1977). Upon trial by jury he was found guilty and was sentenced, as a habitual offender, to 10 years’ imprisonment and to a $10,-000 fine. Several points for reversal are argued by court-appointed counsel.

The State’s proof showed that on the night of August 27, 1976, the appellant Reeves and Mike Lovell, a police informant, drove together in Reeves’s car from Fort Smith…