Smith v. State

John A. Fogleman, Chief Justice.

Appellant was found guilty of violation of Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-2102 (Repl. 1977) by threatening to immediately employ physical force against Betty English, an employee of the Seven-Eleven store at Eighteenth & Main, North Little Rock, with the purpose of committing a theft, having a gun in his possession at the time. He was sentenced to a term of 50 years’ imprisonment. Appellant asks us to reverse that judgment upon two grounds. He says that the court erred by denying consideration by the jury of a verdict of not guilty and by excluding a portion of an…