Legal Opinion

Townsend v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided February 10, 1992No. CR 91-275PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.

The appellants, Rodney Earl Townsend and Tonda Ray Baker, were convicted of breaking or entering, for which they were sentenced to six years imprisonment, and theft of property, for which they were sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment. The sentences are to run consecutively. The case was certified to this court from the court of appeals, as it involves interpretation of our statute on breaking or entering.

Townsend and Baker raise four points of error on appeal: 1) the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction for either appellant; 2) the trial court…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1984
  2. Prater v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1991
  3. Gillie v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1991
  4. Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1985
  5. Moore v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1989

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. State v. FinchWashington Supreme Court · 1999
  2. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2002
  3. State v. FoulenfontNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1995
  4. Greene v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2004
  5. Jester v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2006

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