Jones v. State

JONES, Justice.

Appellant was indicted in the Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, at the November 1968 term for forging and uttering a check for $200. He was tried on this indictment in the same court and convicted on the seventh day of January, 1969. His sentence was nine years. He appeals. We affirm.

The errors assigned are: (1) The sentence of nine years was excessive; (2) The court erred in overruling objections to admission in evidence of proof of defendant’s prior convictions; (3) The court erred in granting a certain instruction for the state and refusing one for the defendant.

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