PICKENS v. STATE

No. CR76-186.

551 S.W.2d 212 (1977)

Edward Charles PICKENS a/k/a Larry Coakley, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, In Banc.

June 6, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willis Plant, Clarendon, for appellant.

Jim Guy Tucker, Atty. Gen., by Jackson M. Jones and Robert A. Newcomb, Asst. Attys. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


BYRD, Justice.

Cloud's Grocery store at Casscoe, Arkansas was held up by three Negro men wielding a sawed-off shot gun and a .22 pistol. After raping the female clerk, the holdup men caused the woman, the store's owner and seven of the customers, all of whom had been robbed, to lie on the floor with their faces down. While in that position, seven people were shot by a .22 pistol. The .22 pistol was reloaded and fired a second time into several of the victims. Harold...

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