Washington v. State

BARNES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Roosevelt Washington was indicted on December 16, 1994, for two counts of robbery, one count of armed robbery, and three counts of burglary of an inhabited dwelling. A jury trial was held on two of the charges, and Washington was convicted of Count Three, armed robbery, and Count Six, burglary of a dwelling. He was sentenced as a habitual offender to forty-five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections for Count Three and fifteen years for Count Six, with the sentences to run consecutively. The Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed these…