Blanchard v. State

KITCHENS, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Following a jury trial from which he was absent, Montae Blanchard was convicted of armed robbery as defined by Mississippi Code Section 97-3-79 (Rev. 2006). The trial court sentenced Blanchard to fifty years’ imprisonment and ordered him to pay court costs, fees, restitution, and a fine, totaling $15,822.50. Finding no reversible error, we affirm the conviction and sentence.

Facts

¶ 2. On January 7, 2008, just before 5:00 p.m., Dale Pierce, the owner of Terrific Tax in Aberdeen, Mississippi, noticed two young people, a male and a female, loitering outside…