Gilmer v. State

Donald L. Corbin, Justice.

Appellant Michael Gilmer was convicted by a Crittenden County jury of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The jury sentenced appellant to twelve years imprisonment, and the court sentenced appellant to an additional twenty years upon revocation of a previously imposed ten year suspended sentence for appellant’s prior burglary conviction. Appellant argues two points for reversal: 1) that the trial court erred in allowing the state to introduce appellant’s prior felony convictions; and, 2) that the trial court erred in sentencing appellant to twenty years upon…