State v. Warren

Annabelle Clinton Imber, Justice.

On March 1, 2000, the State charged Victor Warren in Pulaski County Circuit Court with being a felon in possession of a firearm (FIP) in violation of Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-103 (Repl. 1997). The State’s FIP charge was predicated upon its assertion that Mr. Warren had previously been convicted of a felony. The facts in this matter are not disputed. In 1977, the Cross County Circuit Court had placed Mr. Warren on five years’ probation after he entered a plea of guilty to felony charges of burglary and theft of property. This disposition by the Cross County…