Sayles v. State

552 So.2d 1383 (1989)

Jerome SAYLES

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 07-58752.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 8, 1989.

Melvin H. McFatter, Port Gibson, for appellant.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and ROBERTSON and SULLIVAN, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

Between 6:00 o'clock p.m. on December 31, 1986, and the morning of January 2, 1987, Reed's Grocery in Pattison, Mississippi, was burglarized. Jerome Sayles was arrested, indicted, tried and convicted in Claiborne County, Mississippi, for the crime of…