Legal Opinion

Hobbs v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided January 15, 1968No. 5307Published

1Opinion of the Court

J. Feed JoNes, Justice.

Billy Ray Hobbs and Harold Anderson were charged on information filed by the prosecuting attorney and were found guilty by a jury in the Sebastian County Circuit Court of the- crimes of kidnapping and assault with intent to rob one Claud Knight. They were sentenced to five years in the penitentiary on the assault charges and to fifteen years on the kidnapping charges and they have appealed relying on thé following points for reversal:

“The trial court erred in refusing to grant the appellants’ Petition for a severance.
“The trial court erred in denying the appellants’…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Jordan v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1920
  2. Whittaker v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1927
  3. Hays v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1951
  4. Edens v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1962
  5. Kyles v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1920

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