Gibson v. State

475 So.2d 824 (1985)

Jimmy Lee GIBSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55700.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 18, 1985.

Merrida P. Coxwell, Jr., Stanfield, Carmody, Coxwell & Creel, Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Jack B. Lacy, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and PRATHER and SULLIVAN, JJ.

PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

Jimmy Lee Gibson was indicted by the Grand Jury of the First Judicial District of Hinds County for the statutory offense of armed robbery. He was tried by a jury, found guilty and sentenced to life…