Allen v. State

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

On the night of October 20, 1981, Linda Smith was employed as the sole attendant of the Nic-Nac convenience store in West Memphis. Miss Smith’s attention was riveted on a woman who entered the store and appeared to be drunk. Suddenly a man with a gun loomed and told Miss Smith it was a hold-up. The woman immediately shoved Miss Smith to the cash register and took the money. The man then shot Miss Smith in the chest; she brought her arm up to her chest and he shot her in the arm; she turned and he shot her twice in the back. The robbers fled, Miss Smith called the…