Pryor v. State

239 So.2d 911 (1970)

William Lee PRYOR

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 45828.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 28, 1970.

John David Pennebaker, W.L. McDonough, New Albany, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Timmie Hancock, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

RODGERS, Justice:

The appellant, William Lee Pryor, was indicted, tried and convicted of the crime of armed robbery in the Circuit Court of Union County, Mississippi, and was sentenced to serve a term of fifteen (15) years in the state penitentiary. He has appealed to this Court and contends here that he should have been…