Ivey v. State

232 So.2d 368 (1970)

Robert Earl IVEY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 45691.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 2, 1970.

Jon A. Swartzfager, Laurel, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. and Wade H. Creekmore, Jr., and James H. Creekmore, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

ROBERTSON, Justice.

The appellant, Robert Earl Ivey, was indicted along with Abner Williams and Jessie Jefferson of the crime of armed robbery. He was separately tried, and convicted in the Circuit Court of Jones County, Mississippi, and sentenced to seven years in the state…