Bridgeforth v. State

498 So.2d 796 (1986)

Alonzo BRIDGEFORTH

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55993.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 19, 1986.

Jack R. Jones, III, Taylor, Jones, Alexander, Greenlee, Seale & Ryan, Southaven, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by John H. Emfinger, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, C.J., and DAN M. LEE and SULLIVAN, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

Alonzo Bridgeforth was convicted in the Circuit Court of DeSoto County of the crime of armed robbery and sentenced to life in the custody of the Department of Corrections. From this conviction and…