Joe Johnson v. State of Mississippi

WILSON, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. A jury in the Forrest County Circuity Court convicted Joe Johnson of armed robbery, and the court sentenced him to twenty-five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, with five years suspended and five years of post-release supervision. Johnson filed a motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial, which was denied, and he appealed. The Office of the State Public Defender, Indigent .Appeals Division, filed a Lindsey brief certifying that there are no arguable claims to be raised on appeal. 1 Johnson subsequently filed…