Lucas v. State

381 So.2d 140 (1980)

Willie Arthur LUCAS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 51648.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 13, 1980.

Rehearing Denied April 2, 1980.

Fielding L. Wright, James H. Heidelberg, Pascagoula, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Robert D. Findley, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, P.J., and WALKER and LEE, JJ.

WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

This appeal is taken from the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Mississippi, wherein the appellant, Willie Arthur Lucas, was tried and convicted of the crime of burglary and sentenced to serve a term of seven…