State v. Sowards

OPINION

BIRDSALL, Chief Judge.

Appellants’ arrest and convictions stem from a May 20, 1983, incident in Benson. Appellants were tried together and the charges and verdicts against them are substantially alike. However, some differences in special verdicts and in sentencing exist, and the issues on appeal differ in several respects. Following a discussion of the facts and the verdicts returned, we will discuss each appeal separately.

Appellants Ison and Sowards and So-wards’s brother, Robert, entered the Blossom Shop, a small florist shop in Benson, on the afternoon of May 20, 1983. After some…