Hackett v. State

BRIDGES, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. The grand jury of Hinds County indicted James Hackett and Frederick Perry on five counts of aimed robbery. Hackett went to trial on August 4, 1998, without Perry, who was tried separately. Hackett’s trial continued on August 5, without Hackett, as he fled the court’s jurisdiction. The jury convicted him in absentia on all five counts.

¶ 2. Almost two years later, Hackett returned to the court’s jurisdiction for sentencing following his arrest in Memphis. The court sentenced Hackett to forty years imprisonment on each count, to run concurrently. Between conviction…