Case Name: Bonnie Jo TENPENNY v. STATE OF ARKANSAS
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1974-05-06
Citations: 256 Ark. 523
Docket Number: CR 74-14
Parties: Bonnie Jo TENPENNY v. STATE OF ARKANSAS
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 256
Pages: 523–524

Head Matter:
Bonnie Jo TENPENNY v. STATE OF ARKANSAS
CR 74-14
508 S.W. 2d 752
Opinion delivered May 6, 1974
Harold L. Hall, Public Defender, by: Robert L. Lowery, for appellant.
Jim Guy Tucker, Atty. Gen., by: Alston Jennings, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Opinion:
Conley Byrd, Justice.
Appellant Bonnie Jo Tenpenny's sole allegation on appeal is that her sentence of 30 years upon a conviction by a jury on a charge of delivery of heroin was excessive and should be reduced by this court.
The record shows that the jury heard evidence sufficient to sustain appellant's conviction of having sold two packets of heroin to a police undercover agent. In addition, the jury heard appellant's own testimony that she supported her own addiction to heroin by procuring drugs for others.
Assuming, without deciding, that we would have the power under Ark. Stat. Ann. § 43-2725.2 (Supp. 1973), to reduce on appeal a sentence which was deemed excessive, this court has no inclination toward substituting its judgment for that of the jurors who have heard the testimony and assessed a punishment within the limits prescribed by law.
Affirmed.