Legal Opinion

Bennett v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided March 13, 1972No. 5692Published

1Opinion of the Court

477 S.W.2d 497 (1972)

Paul Stephen BENNETT, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. 5692.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 13, 1972.

Carpenter, Finch & McArthur, Little Rock, for appellant.

Ray Thornton, Atty. Gen., John D. Bridgforth, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

HOLT, Justice.

The appellant was charged by felony information with the crime of the sale of marihuana in violation of Act 590 of 1971 [Ark.Stat.Ann. §§ 82-2601-38 (Supp. 1971)]. The trial court, sitting as a jury, found appellant guilty and sentenced him to one year imprisonment in the State Penitentiary and ordered…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. McCoy Gilmore v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
  3. Sorrentino v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1947
  4. Narberto Angelo Portomene v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
  5. Bennett v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1972

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