Ashby v. State

John F. Stroud, Justice.

Appellant was charged with the aggravated robbery of a Conway supermarket on April 24, 1979- After three employees of the store testified that he was definitely the man who had committed the robbery and a fingerprint expert identified a thumb print on the cash register as appellant’s, he was convicted by a jury on November 15, 1979, and sentenced to imprisonment for 50 years. The jury was polled at the request of appellant and all of the members indicated that this was their verdict, although one juror, Mrs. Nutter, seemed hesitant in her response. She was then allowed…