Legal Opinion

Padgett v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided January 19, 1948No. 4476PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McHaney, Justice.

Appellant was charged by information with the crime of grand larceny for the stealing of a cow on May 27,1947, the property of Tom Reeves. On a trial for said offense he was convicted and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary, from which he has appealed.

For a reversal of the judgment against him, he makes two arguments: one, the insufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict and judgment, and, two, the lack of corroboration of the two accomplices who testified against him.

It is undisputed that the cow of Tom Reeves was stolen on the night of May 27; that the two…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Kennedy v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914
  2. Mankey v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1936
  3. Townsend v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1921

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Montaque v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1951
  2. Puterbaugh v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1950

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