Black v. State

336 So.2d 1302 (1976)

James BLACK

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 49263.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 7, 1976.

Andrew M. Gambrell, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by John C. Ellis, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before GILLESPIE, ROBERTSON and LEE, JJ.

LEE, Justice, for the Court.

James Black was convicted of armed robbery in the Circuit Court of Forrest County and was sentenced to serve a term of twenty (20) years in the state penitentiary. From that conviction and judgment he appeals.

The only error assigned is that the trial court erred in overruling a…