Taylor v. State

Melvin Mayfield, Chief Judge.

In the first stage of a bifurcated trial the jury found the appellant guilty of theft by receiving and found the value of the property to be more than $100.00 but less than $2,500.00. The judge then heard evidence relating to appellant’s criminal record and, in accordance with a provision of the habitual offender law, Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-1005 (Supp. 1983), instructed the jury that appellant had been convicted of three previous felonies. In the second stage of the trial the jury fixed the appellant’s punishment at eight years in the Department of Correction.

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