Ferguson v. State

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

The appellant Jesse Ferguson, along with one Robert E. Foshee, was charged by information filed by the prosecuting attorney, with the crime of “Armed Robbery committed as follows, to-wit: That the said Defendant(s) did on or about the 24th day of May, 1973, in the District of Poinsett County, Arkansas, unlawfully, violently, feloniously, by force and intimidation, and by use and employment of a firearm, namely a rifle, take from the person of one Ralph Morgan the sum of $250 in currency. . .

At a jury trial the appellant was found guilty and his punishment fixed at a…