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    "judges": [
      "Cracraft, C.J., and Corbin, J., agree."
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        "text": "Tom Glaze, Judge.\nAppellant appeals from a jury verdict convicting him of aggravated robbery. He was sentenced to twenty years in the Department of Correction. We affirm, as modified, and issue this memorandum opinion pursuant to section (d) of the per curiam In re Memorandum Opinions, 16 Ark. App. 301, 700 S.W.2d 63 (1985).\nThis case is clearly controlled by the supreme court\u2019s recent decision in a companion case. See Trotter v. State, 290 Ark. 269, 719 S.W.2d 268 (1986). Trotter was decided on the same facts and evidence presented in the instant case. The court held that the proof did not support the jury\u2019s finding of aggravated robbery. Further, the court held that first degree battery was a lesser included offense of aggravated robbery. We are bound by that decision.\nIn Trotter, the court, quoting Dixon v. State, 260 Ark. 857, 545 S.W.2d 606 (1977), held:\n[i]n this situation we may, depending upon the facts, \u201creduce the punishment to the maximum for the lesser offense, reduce it to the minimum for the lesser offense, fix it ourselves at some intermediate point, remand the case to the trial court for the assessment of the penalty, or grant a new trial either absolutely or conditionally.\u201d\n290 Ark. at 277.\nFirst degree battery is a class B felony punishable by five to twenty years imprisonment. The jury sentenced appellant to twenty years in prison, and we see no reason, based upon the record and evidence presented, to change the length of the sentence under the lesser offense \u2014 the same as imposed by the supreme court in Trotter. Therefore, we fix appellant\u2019s sentence at twenty years for the lesser included offense of first degree battery.\nAffirmed as modified.\nCracraft, C.J., and Corbin, J., agree.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Pilkinton, Pilkinton & Yocum, by: Tony Yocum, for appellant.",
      "Steve Clark, Att\u2019y Gen., by: J. Brent Standridge, Asst. Att\u2019y Gen., for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "Lawrence Edward BENSON v. STATE of Arkansas\nCA CR 86-126\n720 S.W.2d 340\nCourt of Appeals of Arkansas Division II\nOpinion delivered December 17, 1986\n[Rehearing denied January 21, 1987.]\nPilkinton, Pilkinton & Yocum, by: Tony Yocum, for appellant.\nSteve Clark, Att\u2019y Gen., by: J. Brent Standridge, Asst. Att\u2019y Gen., for appellee."
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