Childress v. State

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

Appellant Durrell Childress and Everett Foreman decided to rob Henry Callanen, an off-duty policeman, while he was transporting money to a bank. Foreman, who formerly worked at the McDonald’s Restaurant on West Roosevelt in Little Rock, knew that the restaurant closed at midnight on Fridays, knew that it was customary for the restaurant manager to hand Officer Callanen deposit bags containing the day’s receipts, knew that the off-duty policeman would then take the bags to his car and drive to the bank. Appellant possessed a pistol.

Just before midnight on a Friday…