Grantham v. State

284 So.2d 523 (1973)

Kenneth Ray GRANTHAM

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 47467.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 29, 1973.

J.C. Bell, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by T.E. Childs, Jr., Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

PATTERSON, Justice:

Kenneth Ray Grantham was convicted of embezzlement by the Circuit Court of Forrest County and sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary. He seeks reversal of this verdict and sentence upon two primary assignments of error, viz: The indictment does not charge a crime and there is no evidence to support the conviction.

The…