Yarbrough v. State

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

The appellants Yarbrough, Spencer and Robins were convicted at a jury trial on three separate counts of possessing forged instruments. Spencer was sentenced to the penitentiary for three years on each of the three counts. Yarbrough and Robins were sentenced to the penitentiary for seven and one-half years on each count. The sentences as to each appellant were to run consecutively, with one-third of the time to be served before parole. The court appointed attorneys did an excellent job in representing the appellants in the trial court but the evidence as to the…