NEWTON v. STATE

No. CR 80-230.

609 S.W.2d 328 (1980)

Harold Michael NEWTON and Roger Lynn Stricker, Appellants, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied January 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elrod & Lee by John R. Elrod, Siloam Springs, and Jeff Duty, Rogers, for appellant Newton.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Joseph H. Purvis, Deputy Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


HICKMAN, Justice.

Roger Lynn Stricker and Harold Michael Newton were convicted of theft by receiving and sentenced to two years imprisonment.

They were tried jointly but were defended by separate attorneys. On appeal each raises different arguments of error but both attack the constitutionality of the Theft by Receiving Statute, Ark.Stat.Ann. § 41-2206. Stricker's other argument is that a livestock auction ticket was improperly admitted as evidence; Newton...

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