Parker v. State

John A. Fogleman, Justice.

Jimmy Ray Parker was found guilty of robbery of Mrs. Walter Kliner in the taking of her purse containing her checkbook, food stamps, credit cards and money on December 17, 1974. He was charged jointly with Mikel Edward Parker and Terry Eugene Caldwell. He was also found to have been convicted of a felony on at least one previous occasion and sentenced for ten years.

Parker’s motion to suppress any oral statements made by him to the police was denied. The “purse snatching” was reported to the Fort Smith Police Department. The victim described a “purse snatcher” to…