Johnson v. State

416 So.2d 679 (1982)

Hosey Bernard JOHNSON

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 53485.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 7, 1982.

Mager A. Varnado, Jr., Gulfport, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, ROY NOBLE LEE, and DAN M. LEE, JJ.

DAN M. LEE, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Harrison County wherein Hosey Bernard Johnson, defendant/appellant, was indicted, tried and convicted for the March 26, 1980, armed robbery of L.H. Case. The jury imposed a life sentence after finding Johnson guilty as…