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Russell v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas
Feb 21, 1966
399 S.W.2d 268 (Ark. 1966)

Opinion

No. 5144

Opinion delivered February 21, 1966

1. CRIMINAL LAW — APPEAL ERROR — REVIEW. — In the absence of motion for new trial, the record was examined and no error having been found on its face, the judgment of the circuit court was affirmed.

Appeal from Pope Circuit Court, Wiley W. Bean, Judge; affirmed.

No brief filed for Appellant.

Bruce Bennett, Atty. General, Fletcher Jackson, Asst. Atty. General, for appellee.


This appellant was convicted of grand larceny and sentenced to four years imprisonment. The record contains no motion for new trial in the Circuit Court. The established practice of this court in situations of this kind is to examine the record to determine whether there is error on the face of the record. Barnhill v. State, 239 Ark. 168, 388 S.W.2d 99; Whelehon v. State, 233 Ark. 229, 313 S.W.2d 563.

We have made an examination of the record in this case and find no error on the face of same. The judgment is, therefore, affirmed.


Summaries of

Russell v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas
Feb 21, 1966
399 S.W.2d 268 (Ark. 1966)
Case details for

Russell v. State

Case Details

Full title:RUSSELL v. STATE

Court:Supreme Court of Arkansas

Date published: Feb 21, 1966

Citations

399 S.W.2d 268 (Ark. 1966)
399 S.W.2d 268