Legal Opinion

Andrews v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided October 10, 1955No. 4816PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Lee Seamster, Cbief Justice.

On information, appellant was charged with the crime of arson. It was alleged that appellant did unlawfully, maliciously and feloniously set fire to and cause to be burned a nursing home, the property of Mrs. Jewell Massengill, located at 803 East Division Street in the City of Hope, Arkansas. Upon trial in the Hempstead Circuit Court appellant was convicted of the crime of arson and punishment was fixed at two years in the State Penitentiary. From the judgment on this verdict comes this appeal.

The appellant lists three points for reversal of the trial court’s…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Middleton v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1924
  2. Mullen v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1937
  3. Pendleton v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1947
  4. Casteel v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1943
  5. Fleeman and Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1942

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Gardner v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1978
  2. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1967
  3. Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1980

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