West Memphis, Arkansas – A Memphis man with an extensive criminal record has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison after a jury found him guilty of illegally possessing a firearm during a traffic stop in West Memphis, Arkansas.
Percy Jackson, 41, of Memphis, Tennessee, received a 235-month federal prison sentence from Chief United States District Judge Kristine G. Baker. Jonathan D. Ross, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the sentence.
Jackson was already on federal supervised release when the Arkansas offense occurred. His previous federal convictions involved two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm in Tennessee, meaning the latest case involved the same type of federal crime…