Vaughn v. State

George Rose Smith, Justice.

The owner of a grocery in Pulaski County was robbed on June 14, 1984, by the appellant Vaughn and an accomplice. The two men were captured within a few minutes, after the appellant had fired a pistol at an officer. Vaughn was charged as an habitual criminal with aggravated robbery, theft of property, attempted murder, and felon in possession of a firearm. The jury found Vaughn guilty of all the charges and sentenced him to life imprisonment for the aggravated robbery and to terms of years for the other three crimes. The severity of the sentences was presumably due…