Wells v. State

521 So.2d 1274 (1987)

John M. WELLS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 57296.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 2, 1987.

Rehearing Denied April 6, 1988.

Phil R. Hinton, Wilson & Hinton, Corinth, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Leyser Q. Morris, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and ROBERTSON and GRIFFIN, JJ.

GRIFFIN, Justice, for the Court:

This case, concerning first degree arson, comes to the Court from the Circuit Court of Tishomingo County, which, upon conviction, sentenced John M. Wells to five years in prison. We affirm.

On September 6, 1984,…