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VAUGHN v. STATE

No. 5675.

478 S.W.2d 759 (1972)

John VAUGHN, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 3, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilbur C. Bentley, Little Rock, for appellant.

Ray Thornton, Atty. Gen. by Milton Lueken, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

BROWN, Justice.

Appellant John Vaughn was convicted of assault with intent to kill and was given the maximum sentence of twenty-one years. Appellant, together with James Ridgeway and Gene Cannon, went to the Arkansas River near Little Rock on the night of June 10, 1970, to gig frogs. Shortly after their arrival James Ridgeway shot Gene Cannon in the head and (according to the jury finding) appellant attacked Cannon with a knife, inflicting severe wounds about the...

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