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Wortham v. State

Citations

  • 634 S.W.2d 141
  • 5 Ark. App. 161
  • 1982 Ark. App. LEXIS 800

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  • distinguished from flight to avoid arrest: burglary conviction was reversed and reduced to criminal trespass
  • distinguished from flight to avoid arrest: burglary conviction was reversed and reduced to criminal trespass
  • conviction for burglary reversed where the defendant was discovered standing in a doorway in a house, but there was no proof that he had attempted to harm anyone, take anything, or commit any other crime

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Judges: Glaze, Cracraft, Corbin

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