McFarland v. State

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

This case arises out of the October 29,1982, armed robbery of Al Florn and his family at their home near Mountain Home, Arkansas. Jerry McFarland and Richard Soest, the appellants, and Mike Mc-Cracken, the state’s chief witness, were charged with burglary, robbery and theft of property, in connection with the incident. McFarland, Soest and McCracken were charged in other counties with a number of similar crimes during the same time period. One involved the robbery and kidnapping of James Pate, a Jacksonville, Arkansas, pawn shop owner, and another involved Forrest…