Rhea v. State

Lee Seamster, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Keith Dale Rhea, was charged by information July 2, 1955, with the crime of grand larceny. He was tried in the Saline Circuit Court, convicted and his punishment was assessed at one year in the State Penitentiary.

For reversal, the appellant contends that “The Court erred in refusing to instruct the jury as a matter of law, that State’s witness, Johnnie Smith, was an accomplice to the alleged crime, and in permitting the jury under instructions to make a finding of fact on this question.” The appellant, Keith Dale Rhea, is 19 years of age and did not…