Crocker v. State

272 So.2d 664 (1973)

George Leon CROCKER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 47054.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 29, 1973.

Bobby F. Sanders, Philadelphia, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Karen Gilfoy, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

INZER, Justice:

Appellant George Leon Crocker was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Neshoba County for the crime of robbery. He was sentenced to serve a term of ten years in the State Penitentiary. From this conviction and sentence, he appeals. We reverse and remand.

The principal contention of appellant is that the trial court…