Legal Opinion
Burns v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided July 22, 1974No. CR 74-52PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARLETON HARRIS, Chief Justice.
Ruth Burns, appellant herein, was charged with selling obscene literature on July 6, 1973, in North Little Rock, said sales allegedly being in violation of Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41,-2704 (Repl. 1964). On trial by jury in the Pulaski County Circuit Court, she was convicted, and punishment fixed at a $500.00 fine. From the judgment entered in accordance with the jury verdict, appellant brings this appeal. For reversal, it is first asserted that the Court erred in refusing to grant appellant’s motion to dismiss and/or in refusing to direct a verdict in her favor.
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