Legal Opinion

Thornton v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided January 8, 1968No. 5310PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CoNley Byrd, Justice,

Upon a plea of guilty, appellant John Allen Thornton was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary for burglary and three years in the penitentiary for grand larceny, both sentences to run concurrently. In this appeal he relies upon the following points:

I

That the court erred in sentencing the appellant to more than the minimum sentence upon the plea of guilty.

II

That his sentence should have been suspended because the alleged co-defendant entered a guilty plea and received a suspended sentence.

III

That the appellant did not understand he was entering a guilty plea nor…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Dyas v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1976
  2. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1975
  3. Thacker v. UrbanSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1969
  4. Noland v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
  5. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1978

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