Meador v. State

James R. Cooper, Judge.

In this criminal case, the appellant was charged with attempted robbery. After a trial by jury, he was found guilty and sentenced to ten years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. From that decision, comes this appeal.

In the early morning hours of February 1, 1982, the appellant entered a nursing home in Perryville, Arkansas, and asked to use the telephone, stating that he had run out of gas. The appellant was unsuccessful in obtaining help and the attendant offered to try to obtain help for him by calling a friend. Just as the attendant completed dialing the phone…