Butler v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
212 So.2d 573 (1968)
William Edward BUTLER, alias Peck Butler
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 44914.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
July 8, 1968.
Lawrence D. Arrington, Hattiesburg, for appellant.
Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by, Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Laurence Y. Mellen, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.
JONES, Justice.
This case comes from the Circuit Court of Forrest County, in which appellant was convicted of carrying a concealed weapon. Having previously been convicted of a felony, he was sentenced to a term of three years in the penitentiary.
Mr. James E. Owen was a police…
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