Glisson v. State

David Newbern, Justice.

The appellants, Jerry Don and Billy Joe Glisson, who are brothers, were each charged by information with kidnapping, aggravated robbery, battery in the first degree, and theft of property. They were tried together. The appellants were accused of abducting Robert Mooney in Mo-nette, Arkansas, and of beating Mr. Mooney, stealing his wallet and his car, driving him to Kennett, Missouri, and abandoning him there. At the trial, the appellants maintained that Mooney accompanied them of his own volition, and that Mooney’s severe injuries were the self-inflicted results of a…