Shelby v. State

246 So.2d 543 (1971)

James Henry SHELBY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 46328.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 29, 1971.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 1971.

Fountain D. Dawson, Greenville, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Timmie Hancock, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

BRADY, Justice:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Bolivar County, Mississippi, wherein the appellant was tried and found guilty of the charge of grand larceny and was sentenced to a term of four years in the Mississippi State Penitentiary. From that verdict this appeal is taken.

On February 27, 1970, the…