State v. Ferguson

HAYS, Justice.

On February 22, 1977, the Maricopa County Grand Jury returned an indictment against James Franklin Ferguson, appellant herein, charging him with four counts of armed robbery under A.R.S. § 13-641, § 13-642 and § 13-643(B). Ferguson’s wife was also indicted for four counts of armed robbery, and for two violations of A.R.S. § 13-391, assisting in the escape of a felony prisoner, a high misdemeanor.

Ferguson was convicted of three counts of armed robbery, and found not guilty on one count. He was sentenced to not less than 15 years nor more than life on each count, to run…