Hentz v. State

GRIFFIN, Justice,

for the Court:

The defendant, appellant here, Larry Shelton Hentz, whose trips to the courthouse have been more numerous than the average attorney, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Desoto County for subornation of perjury as an habitual offender as defined by § 99-19-83, Mississippi Code Annotated (1972). Since one of his prior convictions was for a crime of violence, the circuit judge sentenced him to a life sentence without hope of parole or probation.

Our dislike for those who are habitually in trouble and who show no respect for the law nor their fellow man cannot…