Poe v. State

John A. Fogleman, Justice.

Appellant first contends that his conviction and sentence of forgery and uttering under our habitual criminal . statute [Ark. Stat. Ann. §§ 43-2328 — 2330 (Repl. 1964) (Supp. 1969)] should be reversed because that statute violates Article 2, Sections 3 and 8, of the State Constitution. We have previously sustained the statute against attacks on its constitutionality. Ferguson v. State, 249 Ark. 138, 458 S.W. 2d 383. Appellant argues, however, that the equal protection and due process clauses of the above sections have been breached in his case. He bottoms this…