Reed v. State

536 So.2d 1336 (1988)

James T. REED

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 58069.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 14, 1988.

Christopher A. Tabb, Brandon, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by Wayne Snuggs, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, PRATHER and GRIFFIN, JJ.

ROY NOBLE LEE, Chief Justice, for the Court:

James T. Reed was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Rankin County for armed robbery in violation of Mississippi Code Annotated § 97-3-79 (1972). He was sentenced by the jury to life imprisonment, and has appealed to this Court…