McClendon v. State

Linnon McClendon was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to thirty years imprisonment with five years suspended. From this conviction and sentence in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, he appeals. For reversal he argues the lower court erred (1) in overruling his motion to dismiss because of double jeopardy, (2) in not affording him due process and because the trial court denied him a transcript of earlier proceedings, and (3) in permitting the State to interrogate him upon irrelevant matters.

McClendon's first trial began on March 22, 1979, when the State…