Legal Opinion

Henson v. State

Court of Appeals of Arkansas

Decided December 10, 2014No. CR-14-403PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LARRY D. VAUGHT, Judge.

| ¶ Appellant Kennetha Henson appeals from her conviction for theft of property under Ark.Code Ann. § 5-36-103 for embezzling money from Malvern Water Works, a department of the City of Mal-vern. She argues that the circumstantial evidence presented against her at trial was insufficient to sustain a conviction. We disagree and affirm.

Henson was an office manager at Mal-vern Water Works. Malvern Water Works accepted cash and checks from customers daily. On a fairly regular basis, the money drawers were balanced and closed out, and the cash and checks were kept in a safe…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Harmon v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
  2. Bowie v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1932
  3. Lindsey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1999
  4. Green v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1980
  5. Henley v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1974

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Snow v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2018
  2. Nelson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2018
  3. Robert Powell v. State of ArkansasCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2020
  4. Lonnie Allen Reed v. State of ArkansasCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2021

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