Graham v. State

Conley Byrd, Justice.

Appellant Daniel Lon Graham escaped from the pentitentiary while serving a life sentence for kidnapping a banker’s wife. During that escape he robbed a Safeway Store at Springdale and at gun point directed the three store employees to accompany him to a lonely spot on Hickory Creek Road. After forcing the three young men to lie face down in the tall grass, he shot each of them in the back of the head. The jury found him guilty of murder in the first degree for the killing of Gene Allen Franco. Since the jury did not recommend a life sentence pursuant to Ark. Stat. Ann. §…