Mason v. State

429 So.2d 569 (1983)

Roosevelt MASON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54136.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 30, 1983.

Rehearing Denied April 27, 1983.

Stanfield & Holderfield, David E. Holderfield, Jackson, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Amy D. Whitten, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and BOWLING and DAN M. LEE, JJ.

DAN M. LEE, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Hinds County wherein Roosevelt Mason was indicted, tried and convicted for the October 9, 1981, aggravated assault of Robert M. Lambert. The offense for which Mason…