Jones v. State

LEE, Justice,

for the Court:

C. B. Jones was convicted in the Circuit Court of Forrest County for carrying a deadly weapon, when he had been convicted of a felony previously, and was sentenced to serve five (5) years in the Mississippi State Penitentiary, from which sentence and judgment he has appealed to this Court.

On September 4, 1978, appellant entered Eddie’s Lounge, a bar in Forrest County, and began shooting pool with several individuals in the establishment. Faye' Barber, the proprietor of the bar, observed the appellant remove a pistol from his boot and wave it around. He then placed…