Legal Opinion

Kennel v. State

Court of Appeals of Arkansas

Decided May 15, 1985No. CA CR 84-205PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

James R. Cooper, Judge.

In this criminal case, the appellant was charged with theft of property. He was convicted by a jury and sentenced to seven years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. From that decision, comes this appeal. The appellant’s sole point for reversal is that the State’s case was based on the testimony of an accomplice and that the accomplice’s testimony was insufficiently corroborated, mandating a dismissal. The appellant moved for a directed verdict at the end of the State’s case and the trial court denied that motion. The appellant failed to renew his motion at the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Rhodes v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1982
  2. Olles v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1976
  3. Linell v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1984
  4. King v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1973
  5. Tackett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1984

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Nelke v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1986
  2. Wilson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1988
  3. Gattis Electric, Inc. v. Theresa Marie Mann, Individually and as Guardian of the Person and Estate of James Lawhon, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2015

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