Phillips v. State

Karen R. Baker, Judge.

At a bench trial in Pulaski County Circuit Court, appellant, Fred Phillips, was convicted of breaking or entering in violation of Arkansas Code Annotated section 5-39-202 (Repl. 1997) and theft of property in violation of Arkansas Code Annotated section 5-36-103(a)(1), (b)(4) (Repl. 1997). He was sentenced to a term of 120 months in the Arkansas Department of Correction. Appellant’s sole point on appeal is a challenge of the sufficiency of the evidence based on the State’s fingerprint evidence.

The State’s case against the appellant was entirely circumstantial, consisting…