Cummings v. State

465 So.2d 993 (1985)

Daniel CUMMINGS, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 54264.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 9, 1985.

Rehearing Denied April 10, 1985.

Thomas M. Flanagan, Jr., Odom & McCain, Greenwood, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Frankie Walton White, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

EN BANC.

PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

Daniel Cummings, Jr., was convicted of burglary and sentenced as an habitual criminal [Mississippi Code Annotated, § 99-19-83 (Supp. 1982)] to life imprisonment by the Circuit Court of Leflore County.

From his conviction and sentence he…