Jackson v. State

420 So.2d 1045 (1982)

Gene JACKSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 53524.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 22, 1982.

Rehearing Denied November 10, 1982.

Darden, Sumners, Carter & Trout, Thomas R. Trout, New Albany, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Carolyn B. Mills, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before SUGG, P.J., and HAWKINS and DAN M. LEE, JJ.

SUGG, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

On August 24, 1980, in an area around the Enterprise community of Union County a lumber shed and a farm truck were burned and there were attempts to burn an uninhabited residence and a store…