[TexasCajun]

...didn't the cops have probable cause to stop this guy from the information given them from their CI?

A stop for questioning and pat-down would have found a fire-arm and BAM!, back to jail for felon in possession of a fire-arm!!

Sounds like a better idea than putting the store clerks life in danger, don't you think?

[FormerLurker]

A stop for questioning and pat-down would have found a fire-arm and BAM!, back to jail for felon in possession of a fire-arm!!

That is another fact missed by many so far. They COULD have, and probably SHOULD have gone about it that way, IF they knew the identity of the perp beforehand..

[Riverman94610]

I'm wondering why he did only eleven years of a thirty five year sentence.I thought Arkansas had tougher sentencing guidelines.