Brown v. State

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

Calvin Brown and Cecil Bettis, Jr. were jointly tried before a jury and convicted of the crime of burglary. They were sentenced to five years each in the Department of Correction and a 15 year sentence, with five years suspended, was added to Brown’s sentence for the use of a firearm in connection with the crime. Both Brown and Bettis have appealed to this court and are represented by separate attorneys who have filed separate briefs.

Brown and Bettis were also jointly tried and convicted at a subsequent trial on charges of robbery arising out of the same transactions or…