Wilkens v. State

Frank Holt, Justice.

Following our reversal of the conviction of appellants in Wilkens v. State, 260 Ark. 168, 538 S.W. 2d 298 (1976), five pending informations, which charged the appellants, husband and wife, with the offenses of possessirn of stolen property, were consolidated for trial. Appellant Helen Wilkens was found guilty on four of the charges and her husband on three of them. The jury assessed five years punishment in the Department of Correction in each case. The appellants’ first contention for reversal is that a mistrial should have been granted when reference was made to the…