Wales v. State

CHANDLER, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Leo Wales was tried in absentia for two counts of armed robbery and two counts of aggravated assault. The jury found Wales guilty on all counts, and the Circuit Court of Hinds County, First Judicial District, sentenced Wales for Count I, aggravated assault, to twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, to run concurrently with all counts; for Count II, armed robbery, to forty years, to run concurrently with all counts; for Count III, aggravated assault, to twenty years, to run consecutively to Count IV and concurrently with…