Vaughn v. State

Lyle Brown, Justice.

Appellant John Vaughn was convicted of assault with intent to kill and was given the maximum sentence of twenty-one years. Appellant, together with James Ridgeway and Gene Cannon, went to the Arkansas River near Little Rock on the night of June 10, 1970, to gig frogs. Shortly after their arrival James Ridgeway shot Gene Cannon in the head and (according to the jury finding) appellant attacked Cannon with a knife, inflicting severe wounds about the neck. According to the evidence Cannon was left on the river bank to die. The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the…